It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach.

True freedom comes from continuous self-development.

O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?—such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin.

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye the more light you pour upon it the more it will contract.

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

No matter how much utter disdain I have for the work of a particular artist, I would still rather that he had created those works than hadn't

I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.

Both cream and scum can rise to the top, unfortunately. This lower-quality stuff that's going higher isn't doing it on fundamentals.

When you are here, you are here. When you are gone, you are gone. It isn't a problem to be gone, so long as you are really here when you're here.

I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess.

It's not enough to be close to the customer. You've got to be glued to the customer.