Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.

Trapped in a continuum of your own making. Awareness is the key that unlocks your opportunity for change.

and you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you

Paint faster than you can think.

The fact of the matter is, this is a very dynamic economy we have, and in this dynamic economy, you have a lot of job gains, but you also have job loss.

The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.

The feeling I got from my research is that the victims of bombings end up becoming as alienated from the government as the terrorists who cause the attacks.

Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.

I did find my direction at an early age.

A man should carry nature in his head.

The paintings have only ever been ways of exploring architecture. I don't see them as art.