Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

The only fight should be the fight of faith. Full force of enduring to the end of life.

You must possess Passion along with having a very strong no-fear spiritual belief in order to gain true success in life.

The greatest joy you can get is from giving, and the best thing that you can give is your love.

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.

Self-awareness moves us beyond the old, well-worn pathways in the brain that support fixed, unconscious habits.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.

I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion.

A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.

A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate.