It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.