Ah, to that far distant strand Bridge there was not to convey, Not a bark was near at hand, Yet true love soon found the way.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

No matter how small you start, always dream and think BIG. If you start with small thoughts then you will stay with small thoughts.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

Breakthrough innovation occurs when we bring down boundaries and encourage disciplines to learn from each other

The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told.

I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.

Hell will freeze over before I send you any money for this unwarranted bill.

I think the biggest thing that people fear when it comes to art becoming a business is those authentic, pure aspirations of art being compromised.