"To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams"

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost"

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art"

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"

"Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths"

"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization"

"Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of"

"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"