I believe in sketching because there is something very sensitive in sketching, you know, in sketches that you don’t have out of a computer that looks the same like everybody even if, later on, the dresses are OK, but I like to sketch, and I like to see trails made after my sketches that look the same. It is you know, what I like.

I’ve done many ads because that’s my new career. It’s an inspiring extension for my mind.

If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I’ve never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

The thing about hip-hop today is it’s smart, it’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

I have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings.

I write because writing is something that I have to do. And it doesn’t matter whether people like it or not. When I write, I feel the pressure and anxiety that come with taking an empty piece of paper and trying to fill it with something from your own consciousness.

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

My songs are like my children – I expect them to support me when I’m old.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

I’m not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.

The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, ‚What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?‘ And, ‚How does creativity apply across the board?‘

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.

I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

I’ve been trying to… Having been an English literary graduate, I’ve been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since. I think the idea of art kills creativity.

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist.

I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don’t think they’re doing art but are merely practicing a craft and working as good craftsmen. Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

I didn’t live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don’t know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

I do love being in my studio. Especially at night.

One often makes music to supplement one’s world.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Life loves the liver of it.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

‚Recreative‘ is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don’t like the way that ‚recreational‘ sounds – I don’t like to say I do a lot of ‚recreational‘ reading. I like to say that I read ‚recreatively.‘ I do a lot of ‚recreative‘ reading.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‚Nice doggie‘ until you can find a rock.

Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

‚The Lady’s World‘ should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women’s opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.

Basketball is booming, and it’s not just an Under Armour standpoint: it’s about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

I never called my work an ‚art‘. It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

I try to do the fancy things out there by going with both hands, making crossover moves, and having a certain creativity and flair to my game.

I wake up in the morning and my mind starts making sentences, and I have to get rid of them fast – talk them or write them down.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

I’ve had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I’ve often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head.

I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‚I’ve beaten it. You can, too.‘

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.