Until I came to New Mexico, I never realized how much…

Until I saw Chardin's painting, I never realized how much beauty lay around me in my parents' house, in the half-cleared table, in the…

— Marcel Proust

I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.

— Lupita Nyong'o

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

— Kevyn Aucoin

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida…

— Bruce Catton

“The postmodern notion of "appropriation" is not a good fit. In New Mexico, the "indigenous" is a syncretic fusion of Native American and Hispano…

— Lucy R. Lippard

“The black rock was sharp-edged, hot, and hard as corundum; it seemed not merely alien but impervious to life. Yet on the southern face…

— Edward Abbey

I know aliens from other worlds are required to arrive in New Mexico, but why stay there?

— Roger Ebert

I think a couple things, I mean, you know, the tragic death of Matthew Shepard occurred in Wyoming. Colorado and Wyoming are very similar.…

— John Hickenlooper

What most people don't understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That's why they're always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New…

— Alice Cooper

I may yet move [from Nashville], and where would I move if not Texas or New Mexico? I couldn't afford a home in California.…

— Steve Young

I was thinking about New Mexico, and I rounded the corner in New York, and there was a New Mexico license plate: "New Mexico,…

— William S. Burroughs

I didn't know much about the Mexican gray wolf before January 2011, when we contributed a flight in our Pilatus PC12 to the effort…

— Joy Covey

New Mexico is full of brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to service.

— Tom Udall

I came to know Christ at the age of 13 during church camp at Glorieta, New Mexico.

— Bart Millard

I have always been taught to lead with my New Mexico values and help my fellow New Mexicans. That's why I'm proud to spend…

— Ben Ray Lujan