What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things.

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them

...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree.

Simplicity is complexity resolved

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.

The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.

Whoever does not detach himself from the ego never attains the Absolute and never deciphers life.

Painting is mute poetry, and poetry is blind painting

I thought I wanted these memories, but now I realize he hardly knows me.

Communication is something we all take for granted.

I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.

Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.

You emerge from tragedy equipped against lies. After the musical, you're anybody's fool

I like reading books that provide you with knowledge that you previously didn't have. And books you have a chance to grow as a human being after reading them.

On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.

Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and my [redacted]. See what I did there?

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.