Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

Isolation is the indispensable component of human happiness.

One does not play the piano with one's fingers, one plays the piano with one's mind.

There is a craft and a power in listening.

u201Che G-minor Symphony consists of eight remarkable measures surrounded by a half-hour of banality.

Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it.

The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.

I detest audiences - not in their individual components, but en masse I detest audiences. I think they're a force of evil. It seems to me rule of mob law.

If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing

My moods are inversely related to the clarity of the sky.

It's a rare man who can guard against beauty.

Winning the [Nobel] prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself.

There seems to be so much shame wrapped up in speech disabilities. It seems very sad and complicated all at the same time.

To offset a depersonalized society, consumers crave recognition of their individuality.

Slavery is more mental than anything

Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

I come alive at night. I'm such a night owl.

I was like a trashcan. I took everything.

If a man, day and night, thinks he is miserable, low and nothing, nothing he becomes. If you say yea, yea, "I am, I am", so shall you be.

I know you've been trying to get a hold of me, but I can barely get a hold of myself