“The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your audience without nourishing its values. ”

“The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you...”

“It is a pity indeed to travel and not get this essential sense of landscape values. You do not need a sixth sense for it. It is there if you just close your eyes and breathe softly through your nose; you will hear the whispered message, for all landscapes ask the same question in the same whisper. 'I am watching you -- are you watching yourself in me?' Most travelers hurry too much...the great thing is to try and travel with the eyes of the spirit wide open, and not to much factual information. To tune in, without reverence, idly -- but with real inward attention. It is to be had for the feeling...you can extract the essence of a place once you know how. If you just get as still as a needle, you'll be there.”

“The world is like a cucumber—today it's in your hand, tomorrow up your arse.”

“Art like life is an open secret.”

“The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said, "Your stay with us is so brief, let us not be reminded of the flight of the hours. God made eternity. Let us escape from the despotism of time altogether." These ancient and hereditary politenesses filled Nessim with emotion.”

“He hablado de la inutilidad del arte, pero no he dicho la verdad sobre el consuelo que procura.”