“Marriage, sanctified by the bond of fidelity, is the nearest life gets to a work of art.”

“I believe that art should sanctify nature.”

“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.”

“Each time he suggested they get married, she said no. They were too happy, precariously so, and she wanted to guard that bond; she feared that marriage would flatten it into a prosaic partnership.”

“Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.”

“What for is marriage? It is to unite a man and a woman to enjoy a natural life with happiness. It is to find solace after hard work. Most of the people do not realize that marriages are for sharing pleasures of the wedded life.”

“Prizefighting is short. Get in. Get rich. Get out. But martial arts is for life. It's for life.”

“Life seemed nearest to acceptable at four A. M.”

“All contemporary forms of art have secret bonds in common.”

“It is not logical for art to be logical. Art goes against the grain of the times as readily as it goes with it and at the very same moment. Instead of seeking the nearest exit, art responds to a new situation by uncovering a labyrinth of problems.”