Brigands will demand your money or your life, but a woman will demand both

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.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

One has to abandon altogether the search for security, and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing.

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.

Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.

There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want.

I build the individual modules to meet a demand. If I need the music to change direction, I want to have the tools to be able to do that.

I wasn't Barbie-obsessed. I think my mother might have been my Barbie.

Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people.

I didn't have a big fat Greek wedding, but I have a lot of fat Greek friends.

You'd be surprised how many stupid mistakes I've made. I make stupid mistakes all the time, and some of them have been very big stupid mistakes.