There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son, ... I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.

There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.

I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.

I believe that my newly completed symphony will show the world that atonality and ugly dissonance at the price of giving up inspiration, form, expression, melody and beauty will result in ultimate disaster for the art of music.

Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.

A beautiful world with ugly people; an ugly world with beautiful people. We can never win.