Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness

Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.

Art is the accomplice of love.

Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.

A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time

Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.

Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity.

Knowledge has its end in itself, apart from any idea of life and propagation of the species.

It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.

In algorithms, as in life, persistence usually pays off.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

Early on, when my wife and I were dating, we went to the grocery store, and I told her that sometimes I just buy birthday cakes, and I eat them. And she said: 'Really? I do, too.'

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.

The Bible is the Constitution of Christianity.

the beauty of doing nothing

The most exciting things going on in America today are movements to change America.

I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.

When the Iron Curtain fell, all of the West rejoiced that the East would become just as free as the West. It was never supposed to be the other way around.