"The opening for solid waste is very small [in the space ship]. It's not toilet-bowl size. And aim is critical. To be honest with you, you don't know where your ***** is pointing within a small circumference."

“Good drama should sandpaper the mind.”

Source : Shana Alexander (1976). “Talking woman”

“I'm not sure what [my latest works are] about but I'm convinced they're the best things I've done and I'm going to the world's best museums with them.”

“In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World.”

Source : Alejo Carpentier (1990). “The Kingdom of this World”, Andre Deutsch

“I hope I will be religious again but as for regaining my character I despare.”

Source : 'Journal' p. 80

“The showstopper! The icon! The main event!”

“I primarily buy art to show it off.”

“I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.”

“Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal.”