If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.
Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.
When I create an image that helps someone - even just myself - find peace, then I've attained my goal.
I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they?
Inspiration, in its rich variety, must be present in any discussion about Africa. We need role models - they are essential to the advancement of our society.
With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.
Preserving the 30-year prepayable fixed-rate mortgage - it's like the bedrock of the housing system - is critical.
If I'm going to create 1,000 jobs, or 10,000 jobs, or whatever the number is, wouldn't we all be better off?
Domestic terrorism has opened new war zones, operating off the assumption that all Americans are potential terrorists.
I've always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach or the mentality I never wanted to embarrass my parents.
We are at a punctuation point in human history where the Industrial Age and institutions have finally come to their logical conclusion. They have essentially run out of gas.
Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.
For me at age 11, I had a pair of binoculars and looked up to the moon, and the moon wasn't just bigger, it was better. There were mountains and valleys and craters and shadows. And it came alive.
Your brain is a forest, And the nerves are trees. When the branches touch, Snaps jumps between the leaves.
Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.
What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.
As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and hit the stores they'd shop.
I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
Question for job applicants: What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
