The art of seeing nature, or, in other words, the art of using models, is in reality the great object, the point to which all our studies are directed.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them.

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.

Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are put of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire.

It is strange to hear my wordsRead back to me.I don't think I wrote themTo have them ever leave the page.I think I only writeWhat happens across my brainWhen my feet are too weary To dance anymore.

The most precious thing I have to give is my time.

Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect.

Learn to love yourself for you cannot give to others what you do not possess.

The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas and all we've been producing is footnotes.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan.

The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team.

A lot of people feel very good about Mitt Romney and I think he's going to do a great job.

The only antidote to materialism is giving, because materialism's all about getting. Every time I give, my heart grows bigger. Every time I give, I become more like Jesus.