Perhaps only silence and love do justice to a great work of art

What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

In a world filled with mistrust, armed to the teeth and ready to explode, a realistic attitude might be to consider love as an imperative need.

But nobody is visually naive any longer. We are cluttered with images, and only abstract art can bring us to the threshold of the divine.

Love and the search for truth are unifying principles.

God waits for us to create him.

Spanish—how shall I say this?—is likePortuguese spoken with a speech impediment.

I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.

Halloween is fun, but it wasn't always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

Duck, big brother! Here comes another day!

I don't belong to any country clubs. I don't have this big circle of friends. Where I make my friends is where I work.

English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.

There's nothing so useless than executing a task efficiently when it actually never should have been executed at all.

If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it.

Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.