I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.