How can you measure the contribution that artists make to society?

Artists never seem to get bored with life.

Artists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others.

The love of art in its many forms lives on and enables us to enjoy the past, the present, and look with confidence to the future.

Artists are always searching for beauty - and when they find it and fashion it in their own unique way - it does not seem too important to analyze how it came about.

And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him, and then lightning crackled.From an empty sky.

Behave like men, and not like witless sheep...

My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world and that's not just my opinion - it's hers.

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.

Miserere is about redemption, and the triumph of our best impulses over our worst. It's also about swords, monsters, chases, ghosts, magic, [and] court intrigues. It's also really, really good.

The sun don't shine in your TV!

I've never lost a duel to the death. Not one.

Christianity in its true sense puts an end to the State. It was so understood from its very beginning, and for that Christ was crucified.

Nicki Minaj has a better booty; but I have better shoes.

Anything that encourages pauperism, anything that relaxes the manly fiber and lowers self-respect, is an unmixed evil.