Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself.

America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black.

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that of Nelson's Column - pigeons dump on you because you're there.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.