Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

It is so easy to give, so exquisitely rewarding.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

If you follow the natural intentions, you get the most success out of life.

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

In quietness the soul expands.