“Nature is the art of God.”

The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and pain.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

The devil is not as black as he is painted.

In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Love insists the loved loves back.

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.

My course is set for an uncharted sea.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

The path to paradise begins in hell.

A mighty flame follows a tiny spark.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time when miserable.

There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

Art is the sensuous presentation of ideas.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art perpetuates beauty. Beauty is a symptom of the force that is nature. You are a force of nature, I love you.

I always wanted the flowiness that hip-hop artists had. I always admired how they rapped so fast, but I never wanted to rap; I wanted to sing the rap.

It’s a new art form, showing people how little we care.

Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts.