An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Patience is also a form of action.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

so this crow comes and it starts quacking at us.

Any man can seek revenge it takes a king or prince to grant a pardon.

Bring Your Child to Work Day -- that's how we got George W. Bush.

Why do men like intelligent women? Because opposites attract.

Cinema is the greatest mirror of humanity's struggle. You see this alternative world, but you're part of it. Everybody is part of it. This is our world.

Your numbness is something perhaps you cannot help. It is what the world has done to you. But your coldness. That is what you do to the world.

If you have Jesus in your heart, you also have miracles of healing within your hands.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

Give generously - and receive graciously.

For me, George Saunders novel [Lincoln in the Bardo] is about a problem of pain.