A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.

Nature repairs her ravages,--repairs them with her sunshine and with human labor.

Know that you are a spark of God and can exist fully only within the realization of that profound truth. As such, you are a light and inspiration to others.

Certain majors [lables] just know what they're doin', and got a good grip on the dynamic of what's happening, and some don't.

I'm a dog person; I've had dogs all my life.

Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

Live with no excuses and love with no regrets.

Every problem interacts with other problems and is therefore part of a set of interrelated problems, a system of problems. I choose to call such a system a mess.

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.

It is silliness to live when to live is torment, and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physician.