“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the ar...” — John F. Kennedy Quote

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.