Dynasties rise and fall according to what the Chinese used to call ‘the mandate of heaven’, but life for the peasant changes little.

The children in Holland take pleasure in making What the children in England take pleasure in breaking.

When we clutter our lives with imagined obligations, unnecessary activities, and distractions that only kill time, we dilute the power of our lives.

[My works are] an imitation of my own past and present and of my own creative vitality as I experience them in one particular instant of my emotional and imaginative life. . .

When I joined the Tour I studied the best players to see what they did that I didn't do. I came to the conclusion that the successful players had the Three Cs: Confidence, Composure, Concentration.

Of course, I loved the Spice Girls. I loved Geri and Baby, but who liked Posh Spice? They said I looked like her and I said, 'That’s not cool, that’s really mean.’

What we need is not so much personal development, as personal replacement: What we need is not so much personal development, but personal substitution.

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

Society highly values its normal man. It educates children to lose themselves and to become absurd, and thus to be normal.

Doctors said 'go home and enjoy what little is left of your life'. He recovered.

It's all about how I feel about things. I never expect much, I always felt like I obey my heart.