Any musician who has not experienced - I do not say understood, but truly experienced - the necessity of dodecaphonic music is USELESS. For his whole work is irrelevant to the needs of his epoch.

Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal

It is not enough to deface the Mona Lisa because that does not kill the Mona Lisa. All art of the past must be destroyed.

For me, curiosity is life. If you are not curious, you are in your coffin.

More and more I find that in order to create effectively one has to consider delirium and, yes, organize it.

The aim of music is not to express feelings but to express music.

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.

Creation exists only in the unforeseen made necessary.

I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa: it should simply be destroyed.

We have to fight the past to survive.

All art of the past must be destroyed.

It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state...

Lord I thank you for the gift of life.

That each from other differs, first confess; next that he varies from himself no less.

i've made room for you, she said. if you want it, there's room.

The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.

If President Obama really wants to hurt the Syrian government, don't send cruise missiles. He should send over some of his economic advisers.

I don't think that my work is actually effectively dealing with history. I think of my work as subsumed by history or consumed by history.

I was aware now, as ever, that between all people there were First Times You See Them and Last Times you See Them.

People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's too much to deal with.

People need to know how their job contributes.