The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

How different would your world be if you looked in the mirror and saw your best friend looking back at you?

There are no injuries that run so deep that one can't add insult to them and make them feel even worse.

You know, " he said, his voice making me feel cold in spite of the heat, "this city can get ahold of you and pull you back no matter how hard you try to climb out. Like a grave.

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

I grew up a Saints fan, an hour from the Superdome.

Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural exchange is the ultimate exchange.

Rhyme is the rock on which thou art to wreck.

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space.

No matter how you rearrange President Obama's inner circle, it still looks, smells and tastes like a rotten Chicago deep-dish pizza.