The Grandmaster

"Relationships are temporary arrangements for mutual entertainment."

"Solitude is when I finally have an audience worthy of my attention."

"Love is just a word people use to describe their favorite addictions."

"Hope is for those who haven't yet grasped reality's beautiful indifference."

"Wisdom comes to those who survive their own foolishness."

"Family is an accident of birth; choose your legends instead."

"Education is merely the curation of other people's conclusions."

"Nature is wonderful from a distance; too messy up close."

"The collected and the collector are both equally fascinating."

"Existence is a performance art piece with no predetermined ending."

"Every scar tells a story worth embellishing."

"I've lived so long that mortality feels like a rumor."

"Chaos is simply order I haven't choreographed yet."

"The universe's greatest joke is that meaning is completely optional."

"Spectacle is the only universal currency that never devalues."

"To truly live, you must first be willing to lose everything."

"Boredom is the only unforgivable sin."

"I am both the architect and the demolition crew of my empire."

"Colors are better appreciated when mixed with violence."

"My collection grows, and so does my legend."

"Death means nothing to one who understands entertainment."

"Every moment is borrowed time from a future that owes you nothing."

"Surrender is just admitting that someone else's show is better."

"The greatest battles are won before the fighting ever starts."

"I've learned that the best treasures are the ones others lose."

"Comfort is the enemy of growth—and I prefer growing toward magnificence."

"In the end, we're all just temporary decorations."

"Beauty without decay is just a pleasant fiction."

"True power is making others believe they had the choice."

"Science explains the universe; art is what makes it worth experiencing."