The thought of what America would be like If the Classics had a wide circulation Troubles my sleep (Cantico del Sole)

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

I am for true world peace and building a beautiful global garden for our children.

Solitude is the furnace in which transformation takes place.

With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.

As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.

one pierced moment whiter than the rest -turning from the tremendous lie of sleep i watch the roses of the day grow deep.

If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!

The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.

I don’t work. I merely inflict myself on the public.

The principal difference between love and hate is that love is a irradiation, and hate is a concentration. Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred.

We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall be saved.