I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Patience is also a form of action.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.

You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time.

Is that the biggest favor your vocal cords have done to anyone this week?

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.

Do not go gentle into the good night. Old age should burn and rage at close of day.

There is a difference these days between who's making the music and buying the music, in terms of the way that they think, grew up, and their perspective. It's become much more diverse.

No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle.

Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.