Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

It is sad that people seek money more than wisdom.

My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.

Friendship...is not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything.

There is an important distinction between barriers to entry and barriers to imitation.

I don't watch a lot of TV. I am madly in love, I'm a big sap, I'm madly in love with Extreme Makeover Home Edition. I cry every week.

To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

I want incremental improvements. There's the record of all the revolutionary and violent change and extremism in general - it's dreadful.

You cannot heal what you cannot acknowledge.

I love "30 Rock" because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week.