The past itself as historical change continues to accelerate has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.

But the gravest difficulty and perhaps the most important in poetry meant solely for recitation is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make it's about talking as clearly as I can.

Our attitude is that we want to cross over. You can't go on making records just for your own hometown.

The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't have kids it's how you look at your life what you make of it. It's about making the best of your life wherever you are in life.

By making a comeback I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically I'd have done it years ago.

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.

Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves they run about loose hungering for employment and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations which have all to do with making things already made is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship.

Education is the art of making man ethical.