“It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity.”

My view of life is, that it’s next to impossible to convince anybody of anything.

In some ways, you know, people that don’t exist, are much nicer than people that do.

Of all things, I do like a Conspiracy! It’s so interesting!

How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second.

Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes: But the name of the secret is Love!

Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.

I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

You can’t be that good; you work for me.

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop.

She who saves a single soul, saves the universe.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.

Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don’t destroy them. They lay golden eggs.

The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”

There’s a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term “genius,” but you’re treading on thin ice if you start applying it to rock & rollers.