Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

No two cities have counted more with mankind than Athens and Jerusalem. Their messages in religion, philosophy, and art have been the main guiding lights of modern faith and culture.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

If we really are saying that rap is an art form, then we got to be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you are saying, it don't matter that you didn't make them die. It just matters that you didn't save them.