The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.

We’re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us don’t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Tourism has affected Cuba, because tourists come and they bring racist, sexist ideas. They bring a whole vision that there are rich people all over the world and that's the way it should be.