One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

The heart you kiss today, the lips you kiss tomorrow.

There were more than a dozen extinction level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs!

The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests.

...our best task is to move forward without insisting others slide backward.

Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

My characters all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own.

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.

I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted."

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.