I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song it belongs to the world and the way people perceive it it's cool.

Life belongs to the living and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

When a book leaves your hands it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.

A lot of people including business leaders think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time which even he has who has nothing else.

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The artist belongs to his work not the work to the artist.

Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art.