I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.

Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings.

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

We are what we believe we are.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

I have nothing to hide. I am a servant of the living God. He is the only one I answer to.

Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.

No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed.

There is no more embarrassing thing in my life than the fact that I have actually uttered the phrase, 'I would like to order the Ginsu Knife.'

Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.

Do excellent work for Christ. So that's my heart. It's always been. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to make a difference in my generation.

When priorities are proper, the power to endure is increased. And when internalized, those priorities will help keep you from "going overboard."

The most potent and significant expression of statism is a State educational system. Without it, statism is impossible. With it, the State can, and has, become everything.