... health is the obstacle, which ... must stand in the way of a girl's acquiring the intellectual strength, which ... is so invaluable to a boy.

A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it.

... a woman who is not feminine is a monster in creation.

A boy's mind is not so easily sullied as a girl's.... Undesirable knowledge is not an equal shock to the moral nature.

Any strain upon a girl's intellect is to be dreaded, and any attempt to bring women into competition with men can scarcely escapefailure.

You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on – into the dustbin of history!

There are things that can be fixed with an apology and things that can't.

Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings. (Because style is violent, and I am not violent.)

Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.

When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.

Common sense is strengthened by joy.

My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.

Consciousness exists beyond your head, between our heads, and it can manifest harmony.