All that I have to offer as an artist is the revelation of my soul

When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.

I use everything that I pick up in my memory, and everything that vibrates in my soul.

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life.

To save the Theatre, the Theatre must be destroyed, and actors and actresses all die of the Plague ... they make art impossible.

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.

Work means so many things! So many! Among other things, work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love is only a cruel deception.

Interpretation is the evidence of growth and knowledge, the latter through sorrow ? that great teacher.

We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air: the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.

... does it seem to you that it is possible to speak of Art? It would be the same as explaining love!

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally.

The heavenly sound of music kindles my heart, twinkles my mind, and feeds my soul so that I may transcend and transform.

If I can only be known as one thing, then, well, I guess it would be poet and performer and teacher.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

I feel absolutely sorry for the person who can't genuinely get excited about his or her work.

Autumn arrives like a warrior with the stain of blood upon his brazen mail. His crimson scarf is rent. His scarlet banner drips with gore. His step is like a flail upon the threshing floor.

I don't trust their [Bill and Hillary Clinton ] sense of boundaries.

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

I need the binocular approach of science and religion if I am to do any sort of justice to the deep and rich reality of the world in which we live.

I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives.

How do you make a small fortune in the wine business? Start with a large fortune and buy a winery.