"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."

"When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish."

"Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies."

"Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice."

"It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics."

"A saboteur in the house of art and a comedienne in the house of art theory, Lawler has spent three decades documenting the secret life of art. Functioning as a kind of one-woman CSI unit, she has photographed pictures and objects in collectors' homes, in galleries, on the walls of auction houses, and off the walls, in museum storage."

"Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science."

"I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: 'Oh my God, what a blessing.' Then you realise it's important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe."