The preaching of Jesus Christ and him crucified on account of sinners is Gods desired way of being God.

I don't create blurs. Blurring is not the most important thing; nor is it an identity tag for my pictures.

Art is the highest form of hope.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

A God comprehended is no God. (Ein begriffener Gott ist kein Gott.)

You shouldn't do science just to improve wealth - do science for the sake of human culture and knowledge. There must be some purpose in life that is higher than just surviving.

It is a danger to wait around for an idea to occur to you. You have to find the idea.

The love ofChrist is my prayer-book

A lot of different things had to come together over the years, accumulated experiences of a general and personal nature, before the idea and the decision were developed and then carried out.

I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings. (Because style is violent, and I am not violent.)

If you want to touch the hearts of people you can't do that with newspapers or with radio, you have to do it with TV.

Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

Love is divine and peaceful but hate is devilish and dreadful. So love everyone without judging them, you will be in peace always.

Right is right even if no one is doing it

I'm very naturally happy, quirky and positive.

Baby smiled, mother wailed, Earthward while the sweetling sailed; Mother smiled, baby wailed, When to earth came Viola.

A musical education is necessary for musical judgement. What most people relish is hardly music; it is rather a drowsy reverie relieved by nervous thrills.

It's your thinking that decides whether you're going to succeed or fail.

I always strive, when I can, to spread sweetness and light. There have been several complaints about it.

The bond between true lovers is as close as we come to what endures forever.

I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of possession, but simply by unadorned temptation itself.