The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.

I have a prejudice against people with money. I have known so many, and none have escaped the corruption of power. In this I am a purist. I love people motivated by love and not by power. If you have money and power, and are motivated by love, you give it all away.

The obstacle became his alibi for weakness.

One always, sooner or later, comes upon a city which is an image of one's inner cities. Fez is an image of my inner self. ... The layers of the city of Fez are like the layers and secrecies of the inner life. One needs a guide. ... There were in Fez, as in my life, streets which led nowhere, impasses which remained a mystery.

The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.

We do not see the world as it is. We see the word as we are.

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.