But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

Buying art is not understanding art.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning of something new, you can do something with them.

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.

History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.

My ancestors were conquerors, though now they are heroes in our history." Glancing at Amos, he said, "But we wrote the history.

Nobody loves me but mama, and she may be jivin too.

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

I live for Tuesdays, and die by Wednesdays.

We're going to start making things again in America. As part of our plan to bring back our jobs, we're going to lower our business tax from 35 percent to 15 tax, the biggest since Ronald Reagan.

This extraordinary arrogance that change must start at the top is a way of guaranteeing that change will not happen in most companies.

Perverted pride is a great misfortune in men; but pride in its original function, for which God created it, is indispensable to a proper manhood.

The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.