One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it.

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.

Stephenie Meyer: Her vampires are sparkly, which I think we can all agree is wrong.

Fate’ and ‘coincidence’ are the mythological derivatives authored by those who refuse to see a ‘greater purpose’, because such a conclusion would naturally suggest a ‘Greater Being’.

Peace is the inner silence that calms all outer noises.

National hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Anticipation is the greater part of pleasure.

Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.

I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey... I just couldn't get enough.

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Love isn't like money--the more you give away the more you get back, and the more you have to give.

Late one brilliant April afternoon Professor Lucius Wilson stood at the head of Chestnut Street, looking about him with the pleased air of a man of taste who does not very often get to Boston.