Everything we have on this: living voices from interviews, books and films — side by side.
Nobody believed in us at first. We just believed in ourselves and the music.
A posthumously assembled notebook by a French thinker who argued that the soul obeys a pull much like physical gravity — toward self-assertion, power, filling every empty space — and that real goodness and attention to…
A guide leads a writer and a scientist through a forbidden Zone toward a room said to grant a person's deepest wish, and the journey turns out to test faith far more than nerve.
Faith, hope and love are the three pillars of my life
Writing under a pseudonym, a Danish thinker picks apart the biblical story of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to argue that real faith demands a step outside every rule of shared morality and logic — a leap no…
A silent film about the trial and execution of Joan of Arc, shot almost entirely in close-up on her face — a study of what faith looks like when pushed to the outer edge of human endurance.
I don't think of myself as disabled. I think of myself as a musician.
A knight back from the Crusades into a plague-stricken land plays a game against Death, less to buy time than to force an answer to whether God exists at all.
I feel grateful for my life. I made mistakes, but I faced them and corrected them.
A dystopia about a world that has lost the ability to reproduce — and about what makes a person capable of caring for a future they themselves may never see.
If you start the day with love in your heart, nothing can bother you.
Spirituality is a search for home. It's searching for that place where you can finally be yourself.
I believe in God and in the power of style. When I look beautiful, I feel stronger and kinder.
Music is the spiritual language of the universe, speaking to everyone.
When you stop controlling, you find freedom. Surrender is not defeat, it's liberation.
Life teaches us through pain. I'm grateful for every trial because it made me who I am.
Never give up on your dreams. That's what saved me.
Faith for me is not religion, it's belief in humanity and its ability to change.
Every day I'm thankful for this gift of music, for the chance to play.
There's always something to be thankful for. You must remember that every day.
Synchronicity is the mechanism through which the universe operates.
There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.
I am convinced that love is the most powerful force in the world.
I believed in myself even when the world seemed against me.
Solitude is a way to hear yourself. It is not a disease, it is a cure.
We all seek answers to the same eternal questions about the meaning of life.
Spirituality is deeply embedded in my music. It is a search for meaning and truth.
If you want my love, you have to earn it. Love is not a gift, it is an achievement.
We are all longing for home. Home is that state where we accept ourselves completely.
There is a darkness that dwells within us all. It defines us.
Religion and faith are central to all my films, it's man's struggle with himself
I grew up in China, in a culture where music is sacred art. This shaped me as a musician and as a person.
There is a deep connection between nature and music. Both have the power to unlock parts of our soul that are usually hidden.
The Silk Road is not just a place; it is a concept of exchange, communication, and understanding between peoples.
Consciousness is a big meditative experience, and cinema can be an initiation
People think repetition is boring, but it is not. Repetition is a way to look deeply into one thing, to understand it completely. There is beauty in repetition.
Inspiration is everywhere. In a bird singing outside your window, in the sound of the wind, in the feeling you experience watching a sunset. A composer is a hunter of beauty.
I am from New Orleans, the city of jazz. It is in my blood, in my breath, in every sound I make. It is my home, my destiny, my music.
I always pray before I start a film. It gives me clarity and purpose.
Sculpture can be spiritual. Even the most material object can elevate you to something higher.
Repetition creates a sense of eternity. When you hear one phrase again and again, you begin to see the entire universe in that phrase. It is transcendence through simplicity.
Composition starts with a simple idea, a simple sound. Then this idea grows, mutates, becomes something greater. It is like life—everything begins small.
Silence is complicity. If you see injustice, you must speak up.
When you listen to my music, you enter a meditative state. It is not music to entertain you; it is music to transform you.
Art is not just beautifully made objects. It's a way of thinking, a way to look at the world.
Technology is just a tool. What matters is not the software, but what you want to say. Intuition and feeling are everything.
Minimalism is not simplification; it is concentration. When you remove what is unnecessary, the essence becomes visible. It is a philosophy of life and music.
I don't separate high from low. That's a Western division. In the East, everything is one.
Black is not absence. It's everything. Black is the deepest color I know.
Ich zweifle an allem. Im Zweifel finde ich die Wahrheit. Sicherheit ist ein Zufluchtsort des Narren.