When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences.

All limitations are self-imposed.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Being an example to others is a requirement of following Jesus, even though none of us will ever be a perfect example.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep.

The philosopher says think your way out. The sensualist says play your way out but none of it works.

My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to").

Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event.

I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.

We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.

There is a light seed grain inside. You fill it with yourself, or it dies.

Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being.