Theory of the true civilization. It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning. It consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin.

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

Music fathoms the sky.

We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

...in that drunken place you would like to hand your heart to her and say touch it but then give it back.

Emotions reflect intentions. Therefore, awareness of emotions leads to awareness of intentions.

I love having fans of all ages but it's especially cool for me to have young fans. I hope to be a role model for kids who want to follow their dreams.

I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.

Being where I'm at, standing in these shoes, it feels amazing. It feels like a weight has been lifted.

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

On any given night, I can throw a shutout.

The law cannot forgive, for the law has not been wronged, only broken; only persons can be wronged. The law can pardon, but it can only pardon what it has the power to punish.