The artist injects the spirit of life into a culture.

Actually, have you ever noticed how a Negro, in particular down south, where they're pretty close to the soil, personifies MEST? The gatepost and the wagon and the whip and anything around there-a hat. They talk to them, you know. "What'sa mattuh wi' you hat?" They imbue them with personality.

What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you have lost everything.

Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment.

All great cathedrals began their building by the placement of a single stone. The building unit of a great society is the individual.

We've got some new ways to make slaves here.

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.