It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]

The wish to hear such baseness is degrading.

There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery--

You did thirst for blood, and with blood I fill you

The cold and crystal clear water, it falls gently on the sleeper, cleansing the mind and soothing the soul...

A seeker ventures out to find beauty. When he is on the top of a mountain, he discovers that beauty is inside of his heart.

The air came laden with the fragrance it caught upon its way, and the bees, upborne upon its scented breath, hummed forth their drowsy satisfaction as they floated by.

An apple is an excellent thing -- until you have tried a peach.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world

You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm.

India is immortal if she persists in her search for God. But if she goes in for politics and social conflict, she will die.

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.