Quotations

"I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element."

— Herb Ritts, American photographer, born August 13, 1952

"Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality."

— Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, died November 24, 1957

"If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait."

— Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, died November 24, 1957

"I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso."

— Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, born December 8, 1836

"Every man dies. Not every man lives."

— Tim Robbins, American actor, born October 16, 1958

"I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope and courage in the face of fear. My weapons are peaceful, for it is only by peace that peace can be attained. The song of freedom must prevail."

— Paul Robeson, American singer, born 1898

"You discover real true love at the moment when you are making love with your partner and realize that all your life together is a single continuous and ongoing act of love-making, in the course of which you happen to occasionally disengage Bodies altogether for hours at a time. It is not something to which you return—it is something you suddenly find you have never really left."

— Spider Robinson, American science fiction author, born November 24, 1948

"Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative. We find that it is not a new scene which is needed, but a new viewpoint."

— Norman Rockwell, American illustrator, born February 3, 1894

"Star Trek says that it has not all happened, it has not all been discovered, that tomorrow can be as challenging and adventurous as any time man has ever lived."

— Gene Roddenberry, American television screenwriter, born August 19, 1921

"I was tired of writing for shows where there was always a shoot-out in the last act and somebody was killed. 'Star Trek' was formulated to change that."

— Gene Roddenberry, American television screenwriter, born August 19, 1921

"Star Trek was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms."

— Gene Roddenberry, American television screenwriter, died October 21, 1991

"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."

— Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, died November 17, 1917

"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light."

— Theodore Roethke, American poet, born May 25, 1908

"In a dark time, the eye begins to see."

— Theodore Roethke, American poet, born May 25, 1908