The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.

I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.

There's no such thing as a grown up person.

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul.

You need to work even if it is a menial or dirty job, because every job is participating in the process of creation.

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.

Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school - not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical.

He had no chance of beating Schmeichel from there, but it was always worth a try.

When people refuse to speak out for too long, it's like water that's stagnant and starts to rot!

When you brush your teeth, I'll squeeze the toothpaste.

I like to make my guitar sound mean.

There are several occasions in the course of any woman's day when, without question, screaming is the appropriate response.

The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent.