Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing.

As long as art lives never shall I accept that men are truly dead.

Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent and divine, come into being.

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.

Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.

i'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed or worse expelled

The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune.

I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick.

Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.

Life must go on, Though good men die.

I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one.

My advice to all new writers - male or female - it isn't easy, but forge ahead and be true to your originality.

This Christmas, every Christmas, Santa Claus is everywhere and Jesus is nowhere to be found.