Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

The war dragged on, as wars tend to do.

The secret to happiness is complaining very little.

My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Whatever the consequences of staying true to yourself, they're much less than the consequences of selling your soul.

I'm a very hands-on person; I don't just want to give my name to something and not be a big part of it.

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

The months fall to shards at my feet.