“Where you start in your life... does not dictate what the outcome of your life... is going to be.” - Tyrese Gibson

“The role of art is to transform the viewer. Art is the best mechanism we have to understand what is real.” - Milton Glaser

“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.” - Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin

“Artists have a unique power to change minds and attitudes and get us thinking and talking about what matters, and all of us in our own lives have the power to set an example. It's on us, all of us, to create a culture where all our young people can go as far as their talents and their dreams will take them.” - Barack Obama

“There is no passion to be found playing small — in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” - Nelson Mandela