The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

I yield to none.

-- Erasmus

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is not the model who must inspire the artist, but the artist who must bring the model to life.

-- Camille Claudel

The brush must move with the mind, not the hand.

-- Sesshū Tōyō

It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.

-- Harry S. Truman