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

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

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I`m on stage they`re not privileged to see me. It`s a privilege for me to see them.

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.

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Play it fuckin' loud!

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

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

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

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

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

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

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

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.