Everything is art. Everything is politics.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.

What was justice, after all, but a particular outcome?

The ones that love us never really leave us.

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

Food feeds both the body and soul - there are clear reasons to eat a balanced diet, but there are also reasons you cling to your mom's secret chicken noodle soup recipe when you're sick.

Most of the interesting people I've ever met have been deviant in one form or another.

I have a theory that theories are destructive.

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible -- such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in a fight is unavoidable; have you seen how cruelly children fight in the streets?

Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace.

The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun.