The artist is always beginning.

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.

I am blessed out! I make time for joy every day. I commit to seeking healthy pleasure and reveling in it.

If you can not grasp the consciousness-altering experience that real mastery of these disciplines proposes, of what value is your participation?

My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.

Once you're inside the ring, a fight is a fight. Fans can't fight for you, the hometown crowd can't fight for you.

money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.

Part of the value of TASK is not to invest into anything permanent; to really celebrate the moment-the fluidity of creative action.

God expects no complaining on our part and offers no explanation on His part.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.