In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.

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.

I believe there are no wrong decisions, just different consequences.

Some roses grow through concrete. Remember that.

The hand can be quicker than the eye, and the mouth can be quicker than the brain.

All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype.

Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky.

HONY is one of the only things keeping people from getting lost in the matrix.

The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black.

I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.

I'm my happiest when I'm really busy. I love feeling like I need one more hour of sleep, or when I'm running around frazzled!

I think I was shy as a young woman and realized that photography was an ideal way of expressing myself, of telling people what was going on without having to talk.