Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

The simple act of an ordinary courageous man is not to take part, not to support lies! Let that come into the world and even reign over it, but not through me. Writers and artists can do more: they can vanquish lies! ... Lies can stand up against much in the world, but not against art.

I dare hope that all the peoples who have lived through communism will understand that communism is to blame for the bitter pages of their history.

If you want to change the world, who do you begin with, yourself or others? I believe if we begin with ourselves and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better.

I will tell you something else: it is a major responsibility not only of portraiture but of all human communication for each of us to help everyone else discover the best that is in him.

... once you get up steam, you are carried helplessly along.

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.