Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.
A large share of our art heritage is now derived from peoples whose idea of art was quite other than ours, and even from peoples to whom the very idea of art meant nothing.
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved
Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.
The alternative to peace is not war. It is annihilation.
The State dominates the Nation because it alone represents it.
For what level of mediocrity will you settle?
Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. … It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see.