The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter.

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.

i think you will be tired of tellingme & my dreams to go to hell

If you can't handle me with a messy bun, then you don't deserve me with a fabulous blowout.

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.

There is a wisdom in the wave - high-born, beautiful - for those who would but paddle out.

Sales is the parent of marketing.

I actually profoundly think the world's a better place when economics is fairly boring... The more boring the better.

I don't shop by brand loyalty at all. I'm just drawn to what I like when I shop.

I think the greatest thing about being an actor is that you can become other people. ... You have the opportunity to explore ... alternative ways of living for a brief time.

The proper form of economy must be observed in building houses for each and every class.

The key to success is to find a way to stand out--to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.