The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it.
Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.
An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world.