The true is not material reality only.

There is nothing new under the sun, not even Manet.

The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness. Beauty will always remain the highest aim of art.

I have always had a passion for the beautiful. If the man in me is often a pessimist, the artist, on the contrary, is pre-eminently an optimist.

I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.

The artist should not be satisfied to only play the part of a mirror.

Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.

The problem with magic was that it made her feel very alone.

And then ... perhaps someone will write a book about making a film about a story that is taken from this book which is taken from a real-life story that was copied from a story in a book. You know?

There is nothing we could ever do to make God love us more

Everything seems to be designed for the benefit of the automobile and not the benefit of the human being.

I was touring a lot... I loved the touring because you could really feel the audience. You were much closer to everything.

Obama has no solutions. Obama has failed the country and its great citizens, and they don't like it when somebody such as myself speaks the truth about this - it hurts too much.

Average people push great people out of a company.

Our eyes are always blind when they view the future.

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.