There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.

I claim the right to contradict myself. I don't want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.

Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

Like many people, I have no religion, and I am just sitting in a small boat drifting with the tide. I live in the doubts of my duty.... I think there is dignity in this, just to go on working.... Today we stand naked, defenseless, and more alone than at any time in history. We are waiting for something, perhaps another miracle, perhaps the Martians. Who knows?

You have to live spherically - in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm - and things will come your way.