“Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts prov...” — Mae Jemison Quote

Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.

Timidity does not inspire bold acts.

I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.

The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.

The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.

I look at making records like you make a dish. A culinary experience. The way you throw in a tambourine, it's like spices or herbs. The main part of the song is the stock.

It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.