Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.
Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.
The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.
Many women feel it is natural to consult with their partners at every turn, while many men automatically make more decisions without consulting their partners.
Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.
Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication
I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.
I was always waiting for the secret to be handed down to me. Ron Howard asked me what I was waiting for and I went, "Ron, I'm waiting to know the secret. I keep feeling there's some sort of secret that's going to passed on from a director. " He went, "Oh no. There is none. You've just got to on and do it and make mistakes and figure it out. "
My goal is to make all my paintings clear and realistic, even more understandable than a photograph.
Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.