The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.

When lovers kiss on the cheeks, it is because they are searching, feeling for one another's lips. Lovers are made by a kiss.

Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.

Collaboration is key, it takes innovation and creativity to the next room.

Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?

If we view the universe as other than what we are, we are everything we don't perceive.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast.

Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.

There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear

I like a little bit of everything. I think I'll put on Guns 'N' Roses or Rolling Stones any day. But recently I like a band called Bastille, or The Weeknd I'm a big fan of as well.