Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

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.

America was cool with Saddam Hussein when he was killing Iranians.

Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.

Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.

Any artist can't get away from the way the world works, which is that it wants to know what you did, and you're only interested in what you're doing right now.

With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure.

I'm feeling better than expected.

A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.

I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.

Regardless of anyone’s dietary motivations, the healthiest lifestyle is the one that’s most compassionate.