"Nakedness makes us democratic, adornment makes us individuals." — Liberace, American pianist, born 1919
"And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream." — Daniel Libeskind, American architect, born 1946
"To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it." — Daniel Libeskind, American architect, born 1946
"Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder." — Daniel Libeskind, American architect, born 1946
"There must be something about art... almost all cultures have done art. It's a refining of the senses, which are there to keep us alive. As far as we know, no other animals do that." — Roy Lichtenstein, American painter, born 1923
"Whitecaps in profusion all around me, but somehow in your eyes I found the strength to sail upon that raging sea." — Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer, born 1938
"To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns." — Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer, born 1938
"Let our hearts touch far horizons. Let our love know no borders. Draw the circles wide until, no one stands alone." — Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer, born 1938
"In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true." — John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, born 1915
"If we could light up the room with pain, we’d be such a glorious fire." — Ada Limón, American poet, born 1976
"All night I dreamt of bonfires and burn piles and ghosts of men, and spirits behind those birds of flame. I cannot tell anymore when a door opens or closes, I can only hear the frame saying, Walk through." — Ada Limón, American poet, born 1976
"Look, we are not unspectacular things. We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder?" — Ada Limón, American poet, born 1976
"I denied it, this new land. But love, I’ll concede this: whatever state you are, I’ll be that state’s bird, the loud, obvious blur of song people point to when they wonder where it is you’ve gone." — Ada Limón, American poet, born 1976
"Caring for each other is a form of radical survival that we don't always take into account." — Ada Limón, American poet, born 1976