“All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.”

“If something must be true for us, as humans, to exist, than it is true simply because we exist.”

“Juanita believes that nothing is provably true or provably false in the Bible. Because if it's provably false, then the Bible is a lie, and if it's provably true, then the existence of God is proven and there's no room for faith.”

“If you're looking for fine art or literature, you might want to read some stuff written by the Greeks. Because to create true fine art, slaves are a necessity. That's how the ancient Greeks felt, with slaves working the fields, cooking their meals, rowing their ships, all the while their citizens, under the Mediterranean Sun, indulged in poetry writing and grappled with mathematics. That was their idea of fine art.”

“Other men look up and down, left and right; but men like us are different. We are visionaries.”

“What we call the 'just possible' is sometimes true and the thing we find it easier to believe is grossly false.”