It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.

The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in things.

I see my life in terms of music.

God doesn't; shoot crap with the universe.Your innermost thoughts are beliefs that unfold as your universe.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

To be free means to be independent, not to be influenced by what others think and say.

I urge a willingness to reserve a place in rational science for non-rational wonder.