If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.

Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.

There wasn't a place I could think of that was more magical than a building bursting with books and stories and words...

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Don’t wait around waiting for God to do something that He’s already given you the power to do.

If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.

Every conscious act requires risk. Every conscious act requires decision. Put these two facts together and you realize that the secret to life is not to avoid gambling but to gamble well.

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.

It's my wish that I can help creative people think of new ways to be creative - to get more joy and understanding from their own unique processes.

Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand.