the greatest men that ever live pass away unknown. they put forth no claims for themselves, establish no schools of systems in their name. they never create or stir but just melt down into love

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

The Earth is God's pinball machine and each quake, tidal wave, flash flood and volcanic eruption is the result of a TILT that occurs when God, cheating, tries to win free games.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Don't confuse symmetry with balance.

The brown paper bag is the only thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in nature.

Cries for help are frequently inaudible.

The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind.

...disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business....

They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will.

The highest men are calm, silent and unknown...The true masters seldom reveal themselves, except in the vibrations the leave behind, and upon which the lesser gurus build their doctrines.

Rituals help us change modes.

For the first time she knew and loved the Spirit of good and beauty, an affinity to which affords the greatest bliss that our nature can receive.

...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.

People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.

People think because I'm shaped this way, I'm scandalous

I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building.

I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion.

You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don't make it.

Art! What a concept! It saved my life! A place where you can do as you please!