It is simply in the nature of Armenian to study, to learn, to question, to speculate, to discover, to invent, to revise, to restore, to preserve, to make, and to give.

Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.

We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.

I know you will remember this — that nothing good ever ends. If it did, there would be no people in the world — no life at all, anywhere. And the world is full of people and full of wonderful life.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away from a man his madness without also taking away his identity? Are we sure it is desirable for a man's spirit not to be at war with itself, or that it is better to be serene and ready to go to dinner than to be excited and unwilling to stop for a cup of coffee, even?