"The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon."

"If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?"

"The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!"

"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'"

"Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well."

"Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing."

"What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying."

"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."