Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.

When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another, fixes words or gestures, and gives body to the invisible.

It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused. ... It is impossible to be happy if one does not have the desire to be happy; one must therefore will one's happiness, and create it.

Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm?

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.