Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Yes!" He says. "Fear is an excellent motivator. I find that it really brings out the true ingenuity of a creature.

Nature is well-spring of life.

Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

I grew up on the back of a motorcycle - my dad didn't have a car until I was a teenager.

It just bothered me that you might think I'm somethin special. I aint.

In most organizational change efforts, it is much easier to draw on the strengths of the culture than to overcome the constraints by changing the culture.

Geek and Sundry has an eclectic line-up of shows all targeted around things I love: Comics, Tabletop Games, Books and more.

I'm a very unhealthy person, and Montreal is very cold, and I'm usually sick when I'm there.

Cancer is a demonic pregnancy.