That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection

I can bow to fear and flee the pursuit of great things. I can bow to God and engage in the pursuit of making things great.

It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.

Only the man who has known freedom Can define his prison.

The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside.

Music, among those who were styled the chosen people, was a religious art.

When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation.

No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very conservative.” “No offense taken,” John said mildly.

I want to write poems that are natural, luminous, deep, spare. I dream of an art so transparent that you can look through and see the world.

I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.