I know a little garden close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy dawn to dewy night. And have one with me wandering.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in the daily details of life.

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.

I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

HALE, with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit

Love is almost never simple.

Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.

An unedited manuscript is a first draft of story

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

This is the best day in the history of the world, even though yesterday that seemed an impossibility.

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable.

Working with Dario [Argento] was a lot of fun. He's a larger-than-life character, and with an Italian accent.

He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them

Faithfulness in the small things will lead to blessing in the big things.