"Lesbians, homosexuals, masochism, sadism are not perversions. Actually, there are only two perversions: hockey on grass and ballet on ice."

“During the last 100 years, the House of Lords has never contributed one iota to popular liberties or popular freedom, or done anything to advance the common weal; but during that time it has protected every abuse and sheltered every privilege.”

Source : Speech at Birmingham, 4th August 1884, quoted in "The House of Lords: A handbook for Liberal speakers, writers and workers" by Liberal Publication Department, (p. 96), 1910.

“I think it can be fun to write about relationships just because so many people can relate to what you are feeling.”

“The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.”

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

“Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and unable to abide in God's presence. Therefore they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, who adds incense to their prayers, gathers out all the weeds from their duties and makes them acceptable to God.”

“We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.”

“To talk about paintings is not only difficult but perhaps pointless too. You can only express in words what words are capable of expressing-- what language can communicate. Painting has nothing to do with that.”

Source : "Gerhard Richter - Painting". Documentary, 2011.

“Facing the kitsch aesthetic is the unfathomable world of myths.”

“I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.”