Knowing this to be a worthless life to live, why do I keep living on? Because this life contains something called beauty7.

Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.

Nature as it is-nature with nothing selected or discarded from it-cannot become a work of art.

After all, tomorrow will be prettier than today. It all depends on your choices and actions, and if you are ready to make it.

We own the things that claim that we are theirs.

Happiness requires a balance. If you feel rejected, you need to pursue love with dignity. If you feel put down you need to restore your dignity in an attractive fashion.

I can say that I am, by nature, optimistic.

It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.

In Fascism the State is not a night-watchman, only occupied with the personal safety of the citizens.

The more I keep myself occupied and jump from thing to thing, the more I think it enriches both.

Perhaps all human progress stems from the tension between two basic drives: to have just what everyone else has and to have what no one has.

He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers.