Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves.

All my life I have struggled to make one authentic gesture.

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I would rather die a thousand times for my cause than betray it.

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.”

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.