Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.
Greatness breaks laws.
I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.
I feel that women 'and men,' but I mean the 'individual,' can be totally feminine and still be totally powerful.
I was discouraged about life, discouraged about people being blind, but I don't think I had a day that I ever questioned creativity. There has never been a day like that.
I believe in my work and in the joy of it. You have to be with the work and the work has to be with you. It absorbs you totally and you absorb it totally.
My mother was very sympathetic. She was the one who really gave me the courage to take my freedom.
Don't you think you're quite young?' 'I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.
I try to make films where the audience forgets the filmmaking and gets engrossed in the story as it unfolds. I don't want them to ever feel bored, or that they're being told what to think, or to feel depressed. I don't like films about victims - I want to celebrate brave survivors like Brenda and the wonderful women in the film.
I don't suffer from my insanity -- I enjoy every minute of it.
Part of knowing ourselves is also being able to accept who we are and to value ourselves regardless of our flaws. Accepting who we are allows us to value our worth without conditions or reservations.