My moods are inversely related to the clarity of the sky.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

Isolation is the indispensable component of human happiness.

One does not play the piano with one's fingers, one plays the piano with one's mind.

There is a craft and a power in listening.

u201Che G-minor Symphony consists of eight remarkable measures surrounded by a half-hour of banality.

Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it.

The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.

I detest audiences - not in their individual components, but en masse I detest audiences. I think they're a force of evil. It seems to me rule of mob law.

If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing

The justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public manifestations.

All the beauty lies in the sacredness of the heart.

I like watching sports, you know, all sorts of stuff.

I want to help with bullying because there are girls who can't just up and homeschool and focus on their career.

In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament.

Teach us almighty father, to consider this solemn truth, as we should do, that we may feel the importance of every day, and every hour as it passes.

According to the Mayans, the world is supposed to end in the year 2012. Are you buying that? When's the last time you even ran into a Mayan?

He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.

I have absolutely no skill set that would suggest that I would be able to do directing. [...] If I were able to, I'd like to get into that.

Heretics think false things about God and call it their faith.

Playing my drums is therapy.