The age demanded an image Of its accelerated grimace, Something for the modern stage, Not, at any rate, an Attic grace.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

Products are made in the factory, but brands are made in the mind

You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world's hard work.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

I have received 16 Grammy nominations and I have no trophies, because I chose to write the harsh realities. I stayed true to myself and I've taken a little beating behind it.

I like the idea of knowing that somebody somewhere made a difference so that your life could be better.

Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.

Other than my marriage, the decision to get a Ph.D. was probably the best decision of my life.

I wish everyone could experience being rich and famous, so they'd see it wasn't the answer to anything.

At some point in our lives there's something about every one of us that makes us feel like an outsider, I believe.

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.