In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Before I speak, I have something important to say.
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.
The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!
A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
What is to give light must endure burning.
You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.
The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.
Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.
