So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way.
I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.
North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation.
I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.
I would not suggest the U. S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the appearance is that you reward bad behavior. But if North Korea behaves for some period of time, I would pretty much favor direct talks.
U. S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U. S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.
Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile. '
One of the things I love about translation is it obliterates the self. When I'm trying to figure out what Tu Fu has to say, I have to kind of impersonate Tu Fu. I have to take on, if you will, his voice and his skin in English, and I have to try to get as deeply into the poem as possible. I'm not trying to make an equivalent poem in English, which can't be done because our language can't accommodate the kind of metaphors within metaphors the Chinese written language can, and often does, contain.
The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method than that of sheer accumulation of micromutations.
Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another.
If painting doesn't offer a way to dream and create emotions, then it's not worth it.