Lives are snowflakes - unique in detail, forming patterns we have seen before, but as like one another as peas in a pod (and have you ever looked at peas in a pod? I mean, really looked at them? There's not a chance you'd mistake one for another, after a minute's close inspection.)
Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
The closer you look at something, the more complex it seems to be.
The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can't just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches.
Don't bother about the complicated details. The issue is hot.
Urging his congressional colleagues to campaign on the nuclear freeze issue:
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.
If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.
I get really excited when I see filmmakers make something that is subtle and feels real. It is really tough to do right.
I loved working on 'House,' but I never ever want to do another medical show. It's 'fiddly' stuff.
I do really modern with materials that are so luxurious that they're, like, baroque.
If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.
Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit.
The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
Prosthetic makeup is always frustrating.
The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.