Pioneering is the work of individuals.

The seeds of civilization are in every culture, but it is city life that brings them to fruition.

Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there. A new idea is a light that illuminates presences which simply had no form before the light fell on them.

The first impression of a work of art is its otherness from reality.

The Past, being in the mode of memory, is closed, inalienable, and irreparable.

Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.

The secret of 'fusion' is the fact that the artist's eye sees in nature... an inexhaustible wealth of tension, rhythms, continuities, and contrasts which can be rendered in line and color.

Music is the tonal analogue of emotive life.

The high intellectual value of images, however, lies in the fact that they usually, and perhaps always, fit more than one actual experience.

If a work of art is a projection of feeling, its kinship with organic nature will emerge, no matter through how many transformations, logically and inevitably.

The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is to gratify wishes, as a dream doth flatter.

Facts do not become historical evidence until someone thinks up something for them to prove or disprove.

Why is it our failures only show us more clearly the people we are failing?

God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger.

Life is not at the mercy of matter.

Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.

Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.

My Lord told me a joke. And seeing Him laugh has done more for me than any scripture I will ever read.

Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate.

Whoever has Heart's doors wide open, could see the Sun itself in every atom.

Life is dangerous and you're not gonna live a life without risk.