It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.