I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

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.

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.

A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.

Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill.

We live in a time where we have more extinction happening on our planet than since the dinosaurs were wiped out 50 million years ago.

If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.

Was their love worth the erasure of the world and all its stories?

My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.