“When people asked to buy my work I always said no. I'd had this rather rarefied idea that I didn't want money going through my head while I was making work. But after the car crash I realized that none of my work was owned by anyone. After that, I grew up a bit.” PeopleWantSaidIdeasBitsCarGrewGrew UpI RealizedCommerceCrashCar Crash Author:Cornelia Parker
“I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks.” HeartTwoMightRunningAgeBitsPiecesFootballLegsI RealizedOld AgeThirtyRisingRetiringBobWagesCurtainsLungsLacePuffGuinea Book:New and Collected Stories Source: New and Collected Stories
“Up until I came here this week, and I met so many women and young girls who feel, to use their word - and I'm a bit embarrassed, but it's a good word - empowered, by watching. I realized this isn't a burden, this is an honor.” FeelsUseYoungGirlBitsWeekHonorMetsBurdenI RealizedEmbarrassedEmpoweredGood Words Author:Lucy Lawless
“When I approached Volume 1 of "Lucid," I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.” ShowsBitsIssuesFourTvsApproachSeasonsI RealizedVolumeTv ShowsDice Author:Michael McMillian
“One of the first papers I wrote at the University of Wisconsin, in 1977, was on stem cells. I realized that if I changed the environment that these cells were in, I could turn the cells into bone, and if I changed the environment a bit more, they would form fat cells.” IfsFirstsFormTurnsBitsEnvironmentChangedPaperUniversityBonesI RealizedFatsCellsStemPapersWisconsinStem CellWisconsin Weather Author:Bruce H. Lipton