Ultimately, it's a sense of camaraderie and friendship with local people that is core to my journeys.

I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant gratification.

Reflective of the deep sense of gratitude and respect Mongolians reserved for wolves, there was a belief that only through wolves could the spirit of a deceased human be set free to go to Heaven.

My three-year ride by horse from Mongolia to Hungary was the most difficult, most revealing, and interesting of any of my travels. Travelling by horse, you're far more engaged and dependent on the land and other people than by any other means.

I think the nomads really give us inspiration about how we can live in harmony with our environment.

Exchanging gifts is an important thing in the steppe culture, a way for them to feel you have become a part of their lives.

Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

The face of beauty literally needs to change, which means the way we think of beauty needs to as well.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.