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

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

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.