Art is the most frenzied orgy man is capable of.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication.

Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness.

Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction.

Dancing is the last word in life. In dancing one draws nearer to oneself.

The real function of art is to change mental patterns ... making new thought possible.

Man's need for art is absolutely primordial, as strong as, and perhaps stronger than, our need for bread. Without bread, we die of hunger, but without art we die of boredom.

Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.

Art doesn't go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is.

Art addresses itself to the mind, and not to the eyes. It has always been considered in this way by primitive peoples, and they are right.

Guardian angels are always with us.Guardian angels assist us to fulfill our highest purpose in life.

It seems to me that smart people seem to know things and wise people know how to use what they know. Smart is a big help to a man

A person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life.

If you want a Khadija, you gotta be a Muhammed

It may be years until the day My dreams will match up with my pay.

I like to keep my issues drawn, it's always darkest before the dawn.

I've been married to my wife for 60 years but it feels just like yesterday, and you know what a bloody awful day yesterday was.

Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

For fun? Maybe evil is an art form.