When one has not long to live, why shouldn't one have fancies?

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough.

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.

I'm afraid of NOTHING except being bored!

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.

A forced smile covers many struggles and has the power to improve perspective. Despite any difficulties, a smile can change everything!

A grownup is a child with layers on.

Everything tastes better outdoors.

Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody?

Loneliness is not being alone, It's loving others to no avail.

It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.

Edward [Weston] was the first artist - and I don't use the word lightly - to make a living doing art photography. Other photographers did commercial work, or worked for the government.

Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence.

I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes.