Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

Purpose is the most important thing worth living for

I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

If you stumble, rise up, go on.

In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into us.

By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to “structure” the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play.

The greatest distance in this World is not that between living and death, it is when I am just before you, and you don't know that I Love You.

If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home.

My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.