Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

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

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

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

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.