The purpose of art is delectation.

The idea of beauty does not descend into matter unless this is prepared as carefully as possible. This preparation consists of three things: arrangement, measure, and aspect or form.

Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry.

Drawing is the skeleton of what you do and color is its flesh.

Color in painting lures the eyes as verses do in poetry.

...people don’t take trips—trips take people.

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

Every now and then we could steal somebody else's stuff.

In an avant-garde cooking restaurant, it's the experience that's the difference.

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

People are going to have to make themselves predictable, or the machines will get angry and kill them.

There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.