Bad art is maintained by the neurotic, who is deadly afraid of authentic art because it inspires him to go on living, and he is terrified of life.

You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.

When we choose a god we choose one as much like ourselves as possible, or even more so!

There was too much hatred in the world; it was manifestly as dangerous as gunpowder, yet people let it lie about, in the way of ignition.

every human activity, whether it be love, philosophy, art, or revolution, is carried on with a special intensity in Paris.

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.