The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

One thing that is clearer to me every day is how much we all have in common, and one of those commonalities is that we all think we are alone.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

We live in all we seek.

All must respect those who respect themselves.

Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.

I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers and musicians, to come and jam with him at his house.

The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.

As Australians, we must not leave our children worse off. That’s not fair. That is not our way.

Are you wiser in God (now) than you were last year at this time? Peter says we're to grow in grace and the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The true artist and the sane collector never will tolerate insincerity and impudence.