So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

How often it consoles me to think of barbarism once more flooding the world, and real feelings and passions, however rudimentary, taking the place of our wretched hypocrisies.

For me, personally, the value of a film is not determined by a review, but the health of the film is.

Amaravati will be a world-class capital. It will be a health and tourist destination.

I love playing tennis. I am an exercise freak.

When we exercise, it feels like we're really out there doing something, whereas spending a few minutes with your eyes closed in meditation may feel a little, well, wimpy.