The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers I would have got into a whole load of trouble.

When I was going for my graduate degree I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify don't they?

I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars you've probably become uncool.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking but all in harmony together.

We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.