He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

I'll give you an idea of what kind of a guy he was. St. Francis would have punched him in the mouth.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

Having your goal to focus on is key, but don't let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.

Today is the yesterday you won't remember tomorrow.

My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand.

War is not a means to an end, it is the end, whereas politics is merely the hiatus between wars.

But with the library, it's like catnip, I suppose: you begin to run in circles because there's so much to look at and read.

You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.

Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.

Vision looks inwards and becomes duty. Vision looks outwards and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upwards and becomes faith.