Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger of having gone through an experience all the way to the end where no one can go any further.

One does not need buildings money power or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing and that is the place to train.

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

Even in literature and art no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will nine times out of ten become original without ever having noticed it.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble finding it everywhere diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.