I want to put strongly and completely all that is necessary, for things weakly said might as well not be said at all.

It is the treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power.

Art will never come except from some small disregarded corner where an isolated and inspired man is studying the mysteries of nature.

A photograph is analogous to a plaster cast taken from life, which is always inferior to a good statue.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

Some of us think with our heads, others with our hearts. Though neither is good or bad, it seems that one solves problems while the other adds to them.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

I suppose that having lost true love once, I never wanted to replace it with a lukewarm approximation that would only serve to make me remember it forever.

The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code

The world's No. 1 tennis player spends 90 percent of his time winning, while the world's No. 1 golfer spends 90 percent of his time losing. Golfers are great losers.

I'm sorry' I said again. Whenever someone tells you something said, it's the only thing you can think to say, even if you're already said it before.

When you are just you, without thinking or trying to say something special, just saying what is on your mind and how you feel, then there is naturally self-respect.

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.