Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have.

If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.

You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles.

The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising.

If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossible for the dog to catch the rabbit.

The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years.

In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.

The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals.

Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center.

I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot.

I know you ain't a drug but you get me so high...

Inspiration for my short stories grows from a psychic kernel, a vision of some sort or an eccentric, colorful dream.

Where else but in America could the women's liberation movement take off their bras, then go on TV to complain about their lack of support?

I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.

There is no such thing as too much snow.

Damn words; they're just the pots and pans of life, the pails and scrubbing-brushes. I wish I didn't have to think in words.

Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.

What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession with personal demands, needs and disappointments? The answer is: Whatever you do, may it benefit everyone.

If there's a man on second, I'm trying to get him in with a base hit. The doubles and homers will come. Sooner or later they'll go out naturally. I'm just trying not to do too much.

You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States.