God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

You can follow the religions where God is small, or you can follow the religions where God is all.

Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand.

Because I know war... because I know the horror, I don't want to add to it. .........After the war, we felt the need to celebrate life, and for me photography was the means to achieve this.

I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad.

One day, a leopard stalked into the synagogue, roaring and lashing its tail. Three weeks later, it had become part of the liturgy.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

A Magician is not a Magician because he knows tricks, but because he knows Magic - the principles, the fundamentals.

They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.

Looks, health and elegance are what counts. Someone can look wonderful in a sweatsuit.

I don't even know if Stephenie [Meyer] could tell you why she was so fixated on [Twilight] very, very contained story about these very obsessive characters. It's just an anomaly.