Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it's good to be silly at the right moment.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.