Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.

That's what makes heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal.

Time is your most valuable currency!

Everywhere is home, let is go home

The difference between a free human and a human is not the word "free" it's the word "human", because humanity can never be caged with the chains of slavery.

The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man.

The best artists know what to leave out.

In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.

Everyone is a master and servant.

People who come to Canada and have big dreams are really achieving something special from an entrepreneurial perspective.

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.