His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her... He's probably forgotten that I'm here, beside him

Imagine, then think, then desire, then dream, then act to achieve and it will be yours.

The images of things are not the things in themselves.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

I seemed to be upon the verge of comprehension, without the power to comprehend as men, at time, find themselves upon the brink of rememberance, without being able, in the end, to remember.

The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline.

Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? • • • • You think It's a happy beat?

And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream a little while painting to suggest it.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.