My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine.

Well now everything dies baby that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.

The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

I will not lie to you. These false attacks are absolutely hurtful.

I have the best divorce of anyone I've heard of.

I see no thread running through my work; I simply get on with my life and my painting.

Cherish each hour of this day for it can NEVER return.

I work sometimes with dealers and sometimes people just come to me. A lot of the commissions, they just know me. They have seen something and they just approach me.

i will always tell you the truth.

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.