What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people.

Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.

You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.

Love beauty it is the shadow of God on the universe

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.

Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best.

The poet is an untier of knots, and love without words is a knot, and it drowns.

There is the joy of being healthy and fair, but there is overall the beauty, the immense joy of being useful.

Let the earth look at me, and bless me, for now I am fecund and sacred, like the palms and the furrows.

I have all that I lost and I go carrying my childhood like a favorite flower that perfumes my hand.

Now my belly is as noble as my heart.

Getting a mentor is the shortcut to success.

You've earned the right to grow. You're going to have to carry the water yourself.

A good example is the best sermon.

The fact is that I made a stand a number of times in my career, and I did it because I knew I was right.

I have had no control over my life. I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it.

My themes will not be far-fetched. I will tell of homely every-day phenomena and adventures.

I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize.

My parents used to say faith wasn't something you could pretend about. It wasn't real unless it looked like faith and acted like faith.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.