I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

The first time you do something only happens once.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

What counts is not the things that happen, but what we do with them.

Find your style and stick to it.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been.