The unfolding over time of a great idea is like the growth of a fractal crystal, allowing details and refinements to multiply endlessly — but only in ever-increasing scale.

The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars.

To require perfection is to invite paralysis.

For the artisan, craft is an end in itself. For you, the artist, craft is the vehicle for expressing your vision. Craft is the visible edge of art.

Take principles, not just religion, to people

If you have always suspected your sister of an inclination to madness, it will be my pleasure to confirm your worst fears.

The Homunculi may have started the war, but we were the ones who carried it out.

He is rich that is satisfied.

The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.

If there's a heaven, it's a cold place. A dark place. A lonely place.

Our fear leads us to say no all the time.

What we look upon as our greatest unhappiness in a difficulty we are involved in, may possibly be the evil hastening to its crisis, and happy days may ensue.

We have found ways to capture, kill and market ocean wildlife on an unprecedented scale. It's an absolute catastrophe.