Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn't know came along and did it.

I have made no secret, either privately or publicly, of any sense of outrage over officially enforced military and war service. I regard it as a duty of conscience to fight against such barbarous enslavement of the individual with every means available.

The best design is the simplest one that works.

I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three.

The next world war will be fought with stones.

I am truly a "lone traveler" and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart.