There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marx's Capital.

Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marx's Capital.

Don't be a pal to your son. Be his father. What child needs a 40-year-old for a friend?

My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.

Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us.

The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.