I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see

I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.

I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.

Reality doesn't interest me.

The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.

How awful for them [Hitler's victims] to see those swastikas, the SS men and the SA - people we'd never thought of as criminals.

I [seek] a style in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet.

Everywhere I went I experienced the same success, which transcends words.

I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

Every successful venture is based on an unoriginal idea, beautifully executed.

I often feel the effects of people only after they leave me.

I miss the animal buoyancy of New York, the animal vitality. I did not mind that it had no meaning and no depth.

Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind.

After three albums, you should shoot your producer

And things are never okay. It does get better I guess, in that you grow to love yourself if you're lucky. But it doesn't get better because life is hard, and people aren't always nice.

Here is the biggest truth about the Universal Order: There is no order!

The role of third parties is to sting like a bee, then die.

Italy hasn't had a government since Mussolini.

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.