Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.
The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.
Nothing is a waste that makes a memory.
Anyone can be gay - it's no accomplishment - but only I can be me.
To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though rich.
The Great don't innovate, they fertilize seeds planted by lackeys, they leave to others the inhaling of the flowers whose roots they've manured. A deceptive memory may be the key to their originality.