Genius is eternal patience.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Pages burnt, memories buried, I wakeor think I'm awake. Or dreaming still?

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

I did have a tiny moment in a TV movie called My Sweet Charlie, starring Patty Duke.

I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at every premiere when I just have to cover my eyes when I'm up there.

You showed me everything was black cause my eyes were closed.

An actress' best friend is a body which responds instinctively to thought.

Faith is trusting in the good. Fear is putting your trust in the bad.

I know sometimes when I go to a convention or a film festival occasionally people bring me really valuable and really rare memorabilia that I have never seen before.

Cheech [Marine] on the other hand, met [Barack] Obama and he knew right away who Cheech was. So that should tell you something.