He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

Talk about life - but in your own way.

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.

Paint ideas, paint thought.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

The universe has different kinds of frequency for different moods and different mindsets, you attract what your moods and mindset think or produce.

Babies cry at birth because it is the first time they experience separation from love.

If you wanna live long, live your Passion.

A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

I suppose in a way most of my characters are non-consumers, not terribly interested in all the little baubles and artifacts of contemporary life.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.

Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.