I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

Greed has poisoned men's souls.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Dictators free themselves by enslaving others. They work not for your benefit, but their own.

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful.