I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course.

I love love. I love having a lover and being one. The insularity of passion. I love it. I love the way it blurs the distinction between everyone who isn't one's lover.

Only, a lonely heart Can tell What it meansTo be lonely

Her stare was direct and unwavering, full of confidence earned from painful experience...

I needed to live, but I also needed to record what I lived.

I was a blacksmith's boy but yesterday; I am - what shall I say I am today?

I love vodka martinis. I know it's a cliché.

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

By staying active & learning to control negative emotions and thoughts, you can live out the rest of your life on a good note.

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

Great victory requires great risk. -Hera

If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.