Whenever someone tells me he dreamed, I wonder if he realizes that he has never done anything but dream.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside.

Almost any event will put on a new face when received with cheerful acceptance.

You have to fight against being an antique

The pictures on the walls aren't like movies. They don't move, they don't talk, and they'll last longer. They will last longer.

Every president when he is elected has to live with the pluses and minuses his predecessor leaves, which includes benefits as well as burdens.

When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.

Stay working. Stay busy. It should be motivation instead of down time because down time is like being depressed. It shouldn't be like that. It should really be motivation to keep going.

My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.

Provoke the unexpected. Expect it.

When it comes to performance art, I am more interested in the failures then the so-called successes. I have never cared for entertaining anyone.