The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power for the men and party in power.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.

All I can do is listen to what my body needs and feels.

I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead.

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

Italy is not widely thought of as a pioneer of youth culture in the way, say, the UK is.

Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and at all times.

I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.

Change only one thing, change from misery to bliss. from sadness to celebration. And it can be done very easily because misery is an unnatural thing.

My father used to take off his belt and give me a crack. And I'm all right.