Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

Let silence be the art you practice.

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.