Debbie Millman

“I certainly admired that she had made it possible for women to vote by organizing them to vote in a group. Otherwise, they were harassed and scared away from the voting places by gangs of men and boys who were hostile to women voting.” —Gloria Steinem https://t.co/fMXvj7p0uw https://t.co/YIoHHoRFtA

“Live things are different. You don’t measure them the same way. You can’t. It’s not so consistent. You can’t make simple behavioral rules.” —Don Norman https://t.co/MeR5WDwQNx https://t.co/3ZMTzQnJRx

“I don't take anything at surface level, I'm always interrogating systems, I'm always looking for what's not being said, and questioning everything. I think everything is worthy of being questioned.” —Dario Calmese https://t.co/pjtakOfXTt https://t.co/ujgMRZllrr

“I started writing because that was how I made sense of the world. I would read books, and parts would help me explain myself to myself. Other parts, there would be new places, and I loved learning about a different time or place.” —Celeste Ng https://t.co/pjXvzQS6nz https://t.co/U4eemY1sQN

The works of artist Olafur Eliasson explore the relevance of art in the world at large. He joins to discuss his three-decade career creating sculptures, installations, & paintings, utilizing light, color, water, and movement to alter viewers’ perceptions. https://t.co/XjqfDoJNam https://t.co/SdysMbtui5

“But looking back in hindsight, I so wish that I had pursued the arts in the very beginning. When I took an acting class in college, it was the first acting class I’d ever taken. Nothing I ever thought I would make a career at.” —Carey Lowell https://t.co/syADO4Y0Cj https://t.co/0Uru4Qotmm

“Whenever anyone asks me to give a speech, I say, ‘Can you turn this into a talk? Who do you want me to interview? Who do you want to interview me?’ Building something together is so special.” —Audie Cornish https://t.co/Ag182xlVcL https://t.co/CVR4WW8GYF

Alexandra Horowitz talks about why we love dogs so much: “Their responsiveness to us is central to it. They are not unique as domesticated animals, but they are really unusual in their agreeableness to us, and their seeming ability to read us so well.” https://t.co/NMZgtS4rZM https://t.co/p37WEQtCBq

“From a very early age, we were around art and artists, and our parents really encouraged both of us to follow our passions. I’ll be honest with you; I don’t think I had a concept for what a graphic designer was.” —Alan Dye https://t.co/AbQ0IOGKxt https://t.co/5TONwUqbPB

“The problem I’m seeing today is kids getting locked into a label, such as autism, growing up, they’ve never used tools. We have all kinds of needs today for people who can do mechanical things like fix elevators & build factory equipment.” —Temple Grandin https://t.co/fWR30z5rPs https://t.co/3GiSAi1SHH

“As a kid, I would comb through the bookshelves. It wasn’t even the books themselves; it was some essence that I was absorbing. It was what love and also what ambition looked like because I wanted to grow up & be part of that world of books.” —Susan Cain https://t.co/u5BhjerNGZ https://t.co/BXeISlUnou

“I have an issue with luck & fate, but I think there was some divine intervention & that’s the reason I never did drugs. In my superstitious semi-religious way, I said to myself, if I ever do a drug, something terrible will land on my head.” —Steven Heller https://t.co/tt2QCPVDuE https://t.co/rj4sKpkPqR

“Hollywood loves playwrights. It makes you stand out in a way that if you’re just like a screenwriter, it doesn’t. And playwriting is like a different craft. And I do think you learn probably narrative in a more interesting way.” —Starlee Kine https://t.co/Z1oCP5qcC0 https://t.co/MtFj1i7mpO

“Every artist wants more than anything else to be recognized. But once it’s recognized, you go so quickly into the fathead syndrome. That kills the work because the fathead cannot do the kind of work that is worthy of recognition.” —Richard Tuttle https://t.co/Rj0sTQJaKy https://t.co/baxgQpqb0Z

Carson Ellis is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture books “Home” and “Du Iz Tak?”. She joins to talk about her life living on a farm in Oregon and her remarkable career illustrating numerous award-winning books for children. https://t.co/FslKGATwGl https://t.co/mkhm4PykNI

“I don’t think I understood vulnerability. I didn’t understand the risk you need to take to really make a mark in the world of what you want to say and to stand in your position of what you believe.” —Min Jin Lee https://t.co/frNJv41QUC https://t.co/DcQM6C2xYh

“I never wanted to be the type of artist or photographer that felt or put women in a position that I wouldn’t put myself in. I never wanted to come off as exploitative with my work.” —Mickalene Thomas https://t.co/GR2xdXQt9f https://t.co/WrmJqD7zst