"The body's ills are the least of ills, for they end only in death, which is but a little thing. But if the spirit dies, then all is lost."

“[Could you show us how Lana Del Rey dances in a club?] That would be illegal.”

“I love you so much. I love you enough that I want to stay separate from you. You're an extraordinary man, Frank Wright. I could so easily lose myself in your world and never make a world of my own. And where would that leave us? We'd both be bored stupid.”

Source : Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.145, Ballantine Books

“What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince.”

Source : National Gallery (Great Britain), Lucian Freud (1987). “The artist's eye: Lucian Freud : an exhibition of National Gallery Paintings selected by the artist 17 June - 16 August 1987”

“A musician cannot move others unless he, too, is moved.”

“Design is the patterning and planning of any act toward a desired, foreseeable end... any attempt to separate design, to make it a thing-by-itself works, counter to the fact that design is the primary underlying matrix of life.”

“Celtic have scored in the 50th consecutive game in which they've managed to score”

“Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.”

Source : "Langley Schools Music Project Innocence and Despair" by Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com. January 6, 2002.

“I am too tired, even to be happy.”