In times of strife, we have our imagination, we have our creative impulse.

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

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

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

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.