Picasso created blank spaces through which an imagination could fly.

In Paris, the dance was everything. The dance of romance was what a man could remember in his old age. Didn’t all young Americans come to Europe in search of that kind of romance?

The French know the intrinsic value of holding on to the past, its pleasures, its promises, and its tender mercies.

This would become a lifelong pattern, sitting in my comfort zone high above the world in some sort of self-imposed exile.

There are people in this world so rich that when it rains they simply fly away on private jets in search of sun.

For anyone who wanted to throw away his watch, along with his past, this was the place.

How could I ever forget my best friend, the man, who had changed my destiny simply by allowing me to write about him?

In Paris, everything was fixable for the right price.

Beware. Those with the least amount of authority exercise it the most often.

...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery.

In Paris, women were not considered interesting until they were middle-aged. The Mist of Montmartre

…numerical precision is the very soul of science, and its attainment affords the best, perhaps the only criterion of the truth of theories and the correctness of experiments.

Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.

To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.

The warrior: silent in his struggle, undetainable because he has nothing to lose, functional and efficacious because he has everything to gain.

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary enthusiasm!

It was amazing. You don't have a choice but to play your best. They force you do do that because they're smart and that's the fun part for me, I'm being challenged to think faster and be creative.

The thought of death sits easy on the man Who has been born and dies among the mountains.