It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

Music fathoms the sky.

Optimism is an intellectual choice.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

The genetics of autism are real, but there are also environmental triggers.

I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.

When you lie there's always going to be a consequence. Lying never wins at the end.

Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.

I look better, feel better, make love better and I'll tell you something else....I never lied better.

If one swallows a cup of chocolate only three hours after a copious lunch, everything will be perfectly digested and there will still be room for dinner.

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.