"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung."

Voltaire, French philosopher and author

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."

Peter Ustinov

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist after one grows up."

Pablo Picasso

"I choose a block of marble and chop off everything I don't need."

Francois-Auguste Rodin

"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end."

Igor Stravinsky