Unity and simplicity are the two true sources of beauty.

The only way for us to become great, or even inimitable if possible, is to imitate the Greeks.

Color contributes to beauty, but it is not beauty. Color should have a minor part in the consideration of beauty, because it is not color but the structure that constitutes its essence.

Art is the daughter of pleasure.

Maybe Heaven will be a library. Then I will be able to finish my to-read list.

One man can not wage a war alone. Therefore if humanity stops agreeing to go to war

Some of The Best Writers in The World Died Penniless.

Arrogance pedantry and dogmatism are the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

I don't like writers. They're dangerous people.

As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.

Lines have to smile. There have to be life, blood and heart in things you let go. They have to be human, warm and alive

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.