Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.

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

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

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

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.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

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

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Play it fuckin' loud!

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.