The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

To downgrade the human mind is bad theology.

The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word "damn" than in the word "degeneration."

A man cannot have the energy to produce good art without having the energy to wish to pass beyond it.

It is not greedy to enjoy a good dinner, any more than it is to enjoy a good concert. But I do think there is something greedy about trying to enjoy the dinner and the concert at the same time.