The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.

The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.

It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.

Man is in fact nailed down - like Christ on the Cross - to a grid of paradoxes. He balances between the torment of not knowing his mission and the joy of carrying it out, between nothingness and meaningfulness. And like Christ, he is in fact victorious by virtue of his defeats.

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge.

I think its important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.