Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

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

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

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.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...

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.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

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

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

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

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

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

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.

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

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

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

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.