"The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day."

“I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.”

“War is not in itself a condition so much as the symptom of a condition, that of international anarchy. If we wish to substitute for war the settlement of disputes by justice, we must first substitute for the condition of international anarchy a condition of international order”

Source : Alfred Hermann Fried (1918*). “International Co-operation”

“Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters are the automobiles. Others talk about stories that are "plot-driven," as if the plot were neither the highway nor the automobile, but the chauffeur. Others seem to have plot phobia and say they never plot. Still others turn up their noses at the very notion, as if there's something artificial, fraudulent, contrived.”

“Patronizing the Arts is a brilliantly nuanced assessment of why universities must become art patrons. Learning from the twentieth-century university's embrace of Big Science, Garber argues that twenty-first-century universities must rigorously devote their attention to Big Art. Provocative, witty, and layered, Patronizing the Arts cogently demonstrates the advantages for both art and the university in this new and radical alliance.”

“I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.”

“I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action.”

“What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.”

Source : Yves Saint Laurent (1983). “Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume”, p.24, Metropolitan Museum of Art