Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Talent works, genius creates.

When you play, never mind who listens to you.

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

Play always as if in the presence of a master.

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

I can hardly remember my bleak life before you.

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.

There is nothing typical about my profession.’ Suddenly I did not want to talk about it any longer. ‘I don’t want to talk about it any longer.

To me, clothing is a form of self-expression - there are hints about who you are in what you wear.

I have had a singing teacher in L.A. for many, many years just to work on my voice as an actor.

I know of nothing that is so degenerating and so dangerous as idleness, for the brain will seek out mischief.

But thought is one thing, the deed is another, and the image of the deed still another: the wheel of causality does not roll between them.

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.

Every cliche is true, right? That's why they're cliches.