Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it to the public.

Art is a kind of illness.

I lived for art, I lived for love

The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably.

See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping!

I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation!

Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . . Is this not form?

Pride can be friend, ego can be foe...depending on which one we choose, or not, to conquer.

Some people come into your life as blessings, and others come in your life as lessons. You are both to me.

Failure is not in losing but in no longer believing that winning is worthwhile.

There are always people who will be better at some thing than you are.

A woman's body image is absolutely paramount to her health.

The meeting with Prince William took place at the White House because Prince William wanted to see where the president spent his days, but the golf course was covered in snow.

We went back to the weird Institute building. At night there was a lot more activity. Erasers coming in non-stop. Nice cars, nice clothes, nice smug faces (that I wanted to smash!). -Fang's Blog

Getting to do different genres of movies means you're gonna have different types of situations. So I want to try and do every type of genre there is out there.

He's at the chocolate teapot end of the competency scale.

The number of different aspects that the face of a man has assumed may be taken almost as a physiognomical measure of his ... genius.