Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Beauty should be edible, or not at all.

An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.

What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.

Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.

This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

Intentions, whether good or bad, that don’t reflect the words and actions are only meant to fulfill personal goals.

I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I'd house all the poor scholars and make them beam with smiles

Food has always been at the center of community bonding, of family life, and simple pleasure, but it is becoming more and more an obsession, a source of pain.

Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too.

Our philosophy is to go for one company at a time, and go for its finances. If we had gone down and protested outside HLS every day for the last five years we would have got nowhere

I come alive, in front of the mirror, skipping and dancing and acting the fool. Dance is both escape and excitement.

I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.

I think skateboarding is hugely challenging - it teaches you self-confidence, it teaches you self-motivation, and it can be something that helps you throughout your life.