From out the throng and stress of lies, From out the painful noise of sighs, One voice of comfort seems to rise: "It is the meaner part that dies."

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in the daily details of life.

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.

I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

If someone’s beliefs are fixed and false, he or she can do anything to justify their beliefs.

You cannot hide; your growth as an artist is not separate from your growth as a human being: it is all visible.

So, if we must give a general formula applicable to all kinds of soul, we must describe it as the first actuality [entelechy] of anatural organized body.

It's better to just plough ahead. And if I say something they don't get, I just make fun of myself for assuming that everybody knows everything about where I live.

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

I have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky.

No ethos, pursued without thought or mercy, is ethical.

I think it's time they knew the truth about Beethoven.

Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.

The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it.