Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.

It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts.

Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique.

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never particularly drawn to electronic music.

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.

I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own.

There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love.

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

Stavo facendo impazzire tutte le persone che mi stavano intorno.

Hope keeps us alive. Love gives us joy. Perception of inner joy open the door toward the happiness.

Holographic Theory shows that it is possible for our bodies to make decisions based on the experience of others.

No herd is more herd than the mass of ignorant people!

Capitalism and Bolshevism are the two sides of the same international Jewish coin.

When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape

Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others

You see," she concluded miserably, "when I can call like that to him across space--I belong to him. He doesn't love me--he never will--but I belong to him.

An expert is just somebody from out of town with slides.

I often really like to play with documenting my performances cinematically. Cinematic documentation is much more interesting than the performance itself.