Art is a mirror of society, but it can also be a hammer with which to shape it.
The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely stagnate; the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity and despair, and eventually into destructive activities.
I have always believed that the way to make money is to buy when everyone else is selling and to sell when everyone else is buying.