The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

Je est un autre. Si le cuivre s'éveille clairon, il n'y a rien de sa faute. Cela m'est évident: j'assiste à l'éclosion de ma pensée: je la regarde, je l'écoute: je lance un coup d'archet: la symphonie fait son remuement dans les profondeurs, ou vient d'un bond sur la scène.

Art can be a form of activism.

我们终将死去，而这让我们成为幸运的人。

At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.

子夏说：“重贤轻色、尽心孝顺父母、尽力献身国家、交朋友言而有信的人，即使没有高等学历，我也认为他已经受到了良好的教育。”

The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.

I love the idea of being able to communicate with people through music, no matter where they come from or what language they speak.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.