But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Follow the ways of God.

If I am too busy to read The Bible ... am I too busy?

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

It keeps you fit - the alcohol, nasty women, sweat on stage, bad food - it's all very good for you.

I waited a lot of years and I dealt with a lot of criticism about certain things on my face, and once I turned 21, I still felt that I wanted to change that, so I did.

I suspect people are going to vote for Max Burns because they know him as local boy who's got - share their values.

When you're with the nWo, when you're with Hollywood, you're just...too...sweet!

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.

We are the world. We are the people and we deserve better not because we're worth it but because no worth can be put on the incalculable, on the infinite, on life.

Yes, I am Aboriginal but I have the right to be avant-garde like any white artist.