Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.