It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say it is finished.

Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.

Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.

For some time its been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.