Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land.

The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.

Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.

A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.

Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms.

Filmmaking is not the work of the weak-minded. It may not be rocket science, but it requires ten times more strength of the mind than that.

When you’re given the gift of truth, you spend a lot of time trying to tone it down because it is already offensive enough.

Some must delve when the dawn is nigh; Some must toil when the noonday beams; But when might comes, and the soft winds sigh, Every man is a King of Dreams.

I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.

Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.

You can sleep with a blonde, you can sleep with a brunette, but you'll never get any sleep with a redhead!

Asking anyone what she or he is reading is a necessary part of conversation, exchanging news. So I take recommendations from friends - and I always pass along a book I've loved.

Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.

There is no actual starvation or deaths from starvation but there is widespread mortality from diseases due to malnutrition.