Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

I am not afraid to die

Although I am unconvinced that I desire life, I am not yet ready to embrace death.

The best defense is a good offense.

The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind.

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.

If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.

My go-to default is to try to be nice, which I feel does less harm in the long run than trying to be, say, assertive. If I am nice and maybe too passive, I find that easier to live with.

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.

The business of Mr. Bennett's life was to keep his daughters alive. The business of Mrs. Bennett's was to get them married.