And, certainly to him Life itself was the first, the greatest, of the arts, and for it all the other arts seemed to be but a preparation.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self.

Writing complex characters is the penultimate exercise in empathy.

Everyone on my team should be extraordinarily proud of what they have done.

Don't aim to plant churches. Aim to plant a church that will plant many other churches.

No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

The Board of Trade Make Do and Mend campaign is intended to help you get the last ounce of wear out of all your clothes

It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.

I have work to do as a human being.

I just want to do the least work in the least time and make the most money.

Three problems we have: lack of boundaries, insufficient language, incompletions.