1. “The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.” – Mae Jemison
2. “As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.” – Mae Jemison
3. “Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” – Mae Jemison
4. “I always knew I’d go to space.” – Mae Jemison
5. “I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.” – Mae Jemison
6. “You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.” – Mae Jemison
7. “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations. If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won’t exist because you’ll have already shut it out…You can hear other people’s wisdom, but you’ve got to re-evaluate the world for yourself.” – Mae Jemison
8. “Once I got into space, I was feeling very comfortable in the universe. I felt like I had a right to be anywhere in this universe, that I belonged here as much as any speck of stardust, any comet, any planet.” – Mae Jemison
9. “Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God’s gift to you, style is what you make of it.” – Mae Jemison
10. “The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing.” – Mae Jemison
11. “I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They’re really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.” – Mae Jemison
12. “What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.” – Mae Jemison
13. “Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.” – Mae Jemison
14. “The future never just happened. It was created.” – Mae Jemison
15. “People always think of technology as something having silicon in it. But a pencil is technology. Any language is technology. Technology is a tool we use to accomplish a particular task and when one talks about appropriate technology in developing countries, appropriate may mean anything from fire to solar electricity.” – Mae Jemison
16. “We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That’s just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.” – Mae Jemison
17. “Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a universal understanding of a personal experience.” – Mae Jemison
18. “The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.” – Mae Jemison
19. “When God made the color purple, God was just showing off.” – Mae Jemison
20. “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” – Mae Jemison
21. “My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren’t comfortable with that.” – Mae Jemison
22. “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” – Mae Jemison
23. “I always knew I’d go to space.” – Mae Jemison