I don't have principles. I have nerves.

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

Creativity is an unending exercise in uncertainty.

The eye identifies itself not with the body it belongs to but with the object of its attention.

The moment that you place blame somewhere, you undermine your resolve to change anything.

When Thomas Mann arrived in California from Germany, they asked him about German literature. And he said, 'German literature is where I am.' It's really a bit grand, but if a German can afford it, I can afford it.

An object, after all, is what makes infinity private.