Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal

Any musician who has not experienced - I do not say understood, but truly experienced - the necessity of dodecaphonic music is USELESS. For his whole work is irrelevant to the needs of his epoch.

It is not enough to deface the Mona Lisa because that does not kill the Mona Lisa. All art of the past must be destroyed.

For me, curiosity is life. If you are not curious, you are in your coffin.

More and more I find that in order to create effectively one has to consider delirium and, yes, organize it.

The aim of music is not to express feelings but to express music.

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.

Creation exists only in the unforeseen made necessary.

I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa: it should simply be destroyed.

We have to fight the past to survive.

All art of the past must be destroyed.

One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.

Having a child who is struggling doesn't make you a bad parent, just as being a child who is struggling doesn't make your child a bad kid.

If you think your life is meaningless, then think about the starving kids in the world and imagine what they would say about the things you take for granted in your life.

A lot of high-profile companies are recognizing the benefits of power napping. . . . It's like kindergarten all over again.

The rock still has something to teach me.

Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.

A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.

I certainly believe that I have no right to tell another couple whether they can or cannot be married.

We cannot hope to bring about effective change unless we are willing to BE changed.

You always want what you can’t have.