Life is a constant becoming: all stages lead to the beginning of others.

The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth.

In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.

Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

General consultant to mankind.

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.