Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't. I have a knack for disturbing.

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.