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I'm fascinated by simple joy.
Let me extend that generosity to myself.
Let me think about the people I care about.
Aren't memories just dreams we have when we're awake?
Life isn't just a sequence of waiting for things to be done.
Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.
The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.
In a perfect world, you and I probably wouldn't exist, so let's not hope for one.
Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.
For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back.
Words are the instruments you play to the song of your ideas, you're just playing covers.
The best performance advice I have ever been given was to "Know where your light is, onstage."
No writer or speaker who ignores the roots of Latin derivatives is secure from egregious error.
My performances may have elements that some may find entertaining, but that's not my main purpose.
Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.
Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive.
There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. They're sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.
The purpose of teachers should be to add to the sum of human knowers rather than the sum of human knowledge.
A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.
Perfectionism may look good in his shiny shoes, but he’s a little bit of an asshole and no one invites him to their pool parties.
Both hurting and happiness make me feel more alive, but as I get older it seems that hurting's the low hanging fruit. So I pick it.
When it comes to performance art, I am more interested in the failures then the so-called successes. I have never cared for entertaining anyone.
We have this incredible ability to communicate with each other. I want to play around with it, see what this mass audience is really capable of.
In our lives, on average, we will be asleep for a total of 8,477 days. If we're lucky, some of that time will be sleeping next to someone we love.
What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink - that's one less connection you could have made.
One year to me is just a small section of life. For most humans, one year is a long time and so much happens. But for the universe, it's very temporary.
The thing that has always struck me is that there has always been a bit of a hole at YouTube when it comes to authenticity, human emotion, fun and play.
Paris is my favorite city in the world. The men are so beyond gorgeous, especially the humpy Arab men. But I could never live in Paris, it's a boutique city.
I have always hated flying. I mainly pass the time writing letters. I am very old school and I still keep many correspondences the old-fashioned way, via post.
Let me realize that my past failures at follow-through are no indication of my future performance. They're just healthy little fires that are gonna warm up my ass
Only Los Angeles could produce a creature such as myself. New York is a boutique city. You have to be wealthy and of privilege to be able to live comfortably there.
I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
The most incredible gift you can give someone in a video is to help them feel less alone... The things that make us feel the most alone, have the greatest power to connect us
For me, I make a schedule and I pass the time. I don't think about the transformation. When my schedule says I'm finished on this day, I put it in the past and go toward my future.
We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't know if we all have those gifts for restraining our emotions... or whatever it is he does.
Mobile video is now a reality and a force to be reckoned with. I think it is essential to think about how people interact with their phones; how they consume content and how they share.
On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad trend in human culture. But the truth is life is being lived there.
In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.
I have never lived in New York City, but a lot of people think that I am a New Yorker, because I was embraced by the Downtown scene since the 1980s. For the record I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Let me think about the people I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me, I still love them. I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them - Then let me extend that generosity to myself.
What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.
I quit painting very early. I just jumped ship. In a way, the window is the tragic possibility - you can jump out into your future. That kind of action is more like a direction. It's that same thinking that brought me to New York.
I am not a sentimental or superstitious person, so I don't have any pre-performance rituals. I am a very practical woman. After a performance I am always hopeful that I will lure someone home for a ritual of a more personal nature.
I obsess and fantasize about whatever attractive men may be on the flight. Though these days the pickings are lean. No one flies regularly anymore but fugly, bland businessmen, and hideous families with no-neck monsters for children.
I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and on Twitter with political scoops, but YouTube is a giant social platform that has its own quirks and oddities and will require some new approaches.
If you want to get into the creative world, you have to just keep flogging away even when nobody's paying attention. Because then when somebody finally does pay attention, it's certainly a lot more interesting when you have a ton of stuff to show.
For me, experimentation is not about the technology. In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.
The naked mole is, like, the ugliest freakin' creature in the world. It is so radically, unbelievably disgusting. And the star-nosed mole is also. It looks like it snorted a firecracker. They live way underground, and to get footage of them is basically impossible.