“That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?”

“[after discussion about what evil is, a question asked to Elphaba on why she killed Madame Morrible]"Why did you do it?" asked the hostess with spirit.The Witch shrugged. "For fun? Maybe evil is an art form.”

“People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.”

“A male usually had made up his mind before you began to talk to him -so why bother?- but a female, because her mind was more supple, was always prepared to become more disappointed in you than she had yet suspected possible.”

“That's all I want- to do no harm.”

“I know this: The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness, she said.”

“I may not know how to fly but I know how to read, and that's almost the same thing.”