"To put our faith in tangible goals would seem to be, at best, unwise. So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. We strive to be ourselves"

"We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves."

"We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained."

"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."

"Therefore the first progressive step for a mind overwhelmed by the strangeness of things is to realize that this feeling of strangeness is shared with all men and that human reality, in its entirety, suffers from the distance which separates it from the rest of the universe. The malady experienced by a single man becomes a mass plague. In our daily trials rebellion plays the same role as does the "cogito" in the realm of thought: it is the first piece of evidence. But this evidence lures the individual from his solitude. It founds its first value on the whole human race. I rebel— therefore we exist."

"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable... There is beauty when things fall apart."

"For me, beauty comes from the freedom to dare to be different. It's all about being extremely yourself. Beauty is not used anymore as an emotional link for people, which is not right, because beauty is one of the most important things in life — and the world — if you are taking the time to look at it."

"Be guided by beauty. It can be a way a company runs, or the way an experiment comes out, or the way a theorem comes out, but there's a sense of beauty when something is working well, almost an aesthetic to it."

"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing."

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."

"I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well."