I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths beneath appearances.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Patience is also a form of action.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

Life is not only about acquiring knowledge, it is about applying knowledge.

The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.

We experience a new life with divine encounter.

Fortunately, we are not in control.

I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and breathe them; disappear in them

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute

Every month we do a bold adventure. This is the golden age of space exploration.

There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters.

All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.