It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.

The subject matter of art is life, life as it actually is; but the function of art is to make life better.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

If fishes were wishes the ocean would be all of our desire.

There are of course people who are more important than others in that they have more importance in the world but this is not essential and it ceases to be. I have no sense of difference in this respect because every human being comprises the combination form.

History takes time. History makes memory.