Some think that they know everybody, but they really don't know themselves.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.

Much of what is called Christianity has more to do with disguising the ego behind the screen of religion and culture than any real movement toward a God beyond the small self, and a new self in God.

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we suppose ourselves to be.

She would say, "Someone should invent something to do with things you cannot use anymore but that you still cannot throw out.

Right now I feel like playing as long as I can, As long as my body will allow me to play I'm going to continue to play.

Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.

I was good at math, math was my thing - but I was not nearly good enough to be an astrophysicist. I was way outta my league. I realized this very quickly.

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

I wake up sometimes with an idea and then I write it down. It's not necessarily easy, but when you focus on something it comes.

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.