Elegance is refusal.
I'm not an austere person.
I've got a serious-looking head.
I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty-a beauty cold and austere ... yet sublimely pure and capable of stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.
My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play.
I've discovered I am quite a puritanical person.
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
