When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model for the artist, the mystic, and the saint. When mankind turns instead to what can be done, altered, built, invented, in the outer world, all natural properties of men, animals, or metals become handicaps to be altered rather than clues to be followed. Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.

When our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.

We women are doing pretty well. We're almost back to where we were in the twenties. (1976)

Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky. The glory of science is not in a truth more absolute than the truth of Bach or Tolstoy, but in th…

Making... an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology.

One becomes a critic when one cannot be an artist, just as a man becomes a stool pigeon when he cannot be a soldier.