We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.
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.
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
Let silence be the art you practice.
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.
Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside
The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.