The fact is the human race is not only slow about borrowing valuable ideas--it sometimes persists in not borrowing them at all.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
Californian artists are kind of willing to push the limits a little bit further just because that's kind of our mentality in that state.
I like being surrounded by people who have very little fear and very little respect for the past - not in a negative way, but in a positive way. They appreciate everything that's been done, but they constantly look for how to do it better.
Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the life of a nation is the same as in the life of the individual. Pessimism kills the instinct that urges men to struggle against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of joy in the world.
The great thing about Yes is that it has always been flexible.
San Francisco is a lot like Amsterdam - free, open-minded and casual - though I expected better weather.
I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It's by the sea, there's a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there.
I hate birthdays, .. It's more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it's an evolution. I don't celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.
One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate.
I don't think having a conservative mind in 2012 is a cool thing.
