A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Don’t complain; just work harder.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

Knowledge is all about knowing it and Intelligence is all about using it

Tread not into the fearsome nightBut pull the covers high, Step not into the wild dark woodFor the Hobbers are dancing nigh

Those who are blindly led, blindly follow.

One lunatic in Rampton used to have bouts of hysteria. Where he would let out a scream, and run at a wall and dive headfirst…crash! He was given a crash helmet! (Well it is a mad house.)

My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me.

To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees.

The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward.

If you stick with running, the day will come when you'll want to live forever.

I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant.

I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set standards, make everyone else itch to emulate.