History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.

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.

Women are no sheep.

Every relationship is a cost benefit calculation

Quoth the Raven, " said a glitching voice from the phone. "Nevermore, " said the man. "Then the game has started

Great people only think of great things”.

Well, I really don't know what the secret of success is but I can tell you that the secret of failure is to try to please everyone.

Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.

I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me

No one has ever died, from an overexposure to education.

Success is a label that the world confers on you, but mastery is an ever-onward 'almost.'

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.