I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become wh... - Albert Einstein

"One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought."

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination."

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."

"The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!"