La verdadera literatura no tiene fronteras, ni geográficas ni temporales.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.

The best way to understand contemporary art is to look at lots of it.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.

纯粹自然状态的条件...是每个人对每个人的战争状态。