In a perfect world, you and I probably wouldn't exist, so let's not hope for one.

Work hard in Silence, let success make the noise.

The best revenge is massive success.

Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.

The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons.

There are people one knows and people one doesn't. One shouldn't cheapen the former by feigning intimacy with the latter.

If there were no Frenchwomen, life wouldn't be worth living.

The beagle and the kobold approached, walking out of the dusty distance.

If there is no ultimate reality, it's pointless to think about how we might get there.

I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.

Whatever happened in the past doesn't really matter anymore to us right now.

I think they should put pies on the fronts of trains, so that when they hit something it's at least a little bit funny.

Autographs and pictures do get a little old, but I don't mind if the people want it.

I'm not blaming George Bush. But I don't want Jeb Bush to say my brother kept us safe because September 11 was one of the worst days in the history of this country.

It was a very comfortable and personal relationship [Cliff Martinez ].'The Neon Demon'is our third movie and the music has never been as important as for this movie.