"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist."

We spend our lives trying to unlock the mystery of the universe, but there was a Turkish prisoner, Bahá’u’lláh, in Akka, Palestine who had the Key.

Death destroys the body, as the scaffolding is destroyed after the building is up and finished. And he whose building is up rejoices at the destruction of the scaffolding and of the body.

I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine.

Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.

Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.

Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause of production of real art is the artist's inner need to express a feeling that has accumulated...The cause of counterfeit art, as of prostitution, is gain. The consequence of true art is the introduction of a new feeling into the intercourse of life... The consequences of counterfeit art are the perversion of man, pleasure which never satisfies, and the weakening of man's spiritual strength.