I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn’t meant my answers literally.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.

You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

I’m not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

You can’t start at the top.