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Brave young men die for stupid causes, and the real culprits are still with us.
If one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is a consolation – indeed, a deep satisfaction – to be gained from this observation when looking back over one’s life.
The best things, he always used to say, are put together of a night and vanish with the morning.
It’s hard to appreciate the beauty of a world when one doubts its very validity.’
it is my belief that in such troubled times as these, artists must learn to value something more tangible than those pleasurable things that disappear with the morning light.