We, artists, inspire people to love when the easy thing to do is to hate.

We, artists, we create worlds out of our imaginations and present them to people when they think it is impossible.

We, artists, serve as the creative, compassionate contrast to what is currently playing out everyday in this country.

We, artists, have the ability to tap into the human heart and reflect, honestly, the people of this nation.

With tens of thousands of artists creating, the Women's March culture—our vision, our desires—came into the mainstream American heart. We became the culture of the United States and, ultimately, the world. Artists did that! That is the power that we have.

We had tens of thousands of—hundreds of thousands—artists creating everyday: memes, graphics, posters, videos about equal pay for equal work, immigration reform, black lives matter, you name it, it was being created. Pink pussy hats came from artists.

When the movement is strong, the music is strong.

My contribution was to be in the service of the Women's March.

If we are to revitalize the heart of this country, then artists must lead the way.

As artists, we create culture. We have the ability to give this country hope.

Art is not simply to be used for entertainment when society is at its most convenient and happy moments. Art is light that illuminates society when we are at our darkest. Art is the light and our beacon of hope.

I realized that the artistic community, we, as artists, were more valuable, were more important than ever.

What was the role of art under the Donald Trump administration? Did art even matter?

I did the only thing I could do—I got to work.

What makes a person's heart open? And what makes a person's heart close? Today, this country is suffering from a mass contraction of the heart. And I firmly believe that it is artists, it is the creative community, that can reopen the heart of America.

My questions while I study the heart is what makes a heart beat with joy? What makes a heart break with sadness? Since the election I've been asking myself the question, what is the heart of this nation?

I am an artist, and I study the human heart, so I always had hope.

It's hard that even, in 2017, I still have to stomach such archaic bullshit in this industry, and that I have male counterparts that feel that my successes are mere folly of luck, and not what I've done.

Diversity is a responsibility, not an accident. It's something that we have to actively choose to foster.

Great cities are telling stories that we can see. We've got to be able to see your story.

Great cities also cast a compelling vision of the future. We don't just get stuck in the past; we preserve that and cherish it. Great cities are telling stories of hope in the future.

Don't you love that when you're in a city? When you can read the old and the new all together in the same area in the same street. That's context. That's the story of the city playing out right in front of you. . . . We gotta hold onto the old.

Great cities tell true stories.

Cities and the stories they tell need to be about you and your unique role; you and your individuality. We need cities with people who are living out their uniqueness.

Playing games in urban spaces gives players authority to reimagine that space as something new.