Art is made in hindsight.

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

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Some things are best mended by a break.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.