You know who must be very secure in their masculinity? Male ladybugs.
Progress is the exploration of our own error.
The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her.
Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals, so that unlike them, he is not a figure in the landscape, he is the shaper of the landscape.
That series of inventions by which man from age to age has remade his environment is a different kind of evolution -- not biological, but cultural evolution. . . "The Ascent of Man.
The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well. And having done it well, he loves to do it better.
To think about your life is to create it. You have to take ownership of where you are right now and know where you want to go before you can get there. Keep collecting evidence for your success. You can believe it, and you can be it.
I have no interest in making music solely for a white audience. If that's what our audience is, I don't really feel responsible for that.
I'm always working on something new and while I'm working, I'm absorbed with my characters, their conflicts,my language and settings. I'm in another place and it is a shock to come out and consider my previous works.
I hope that when I'm 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.