If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

The deaf cannot hear wind, but can feel its touch.The blind cannot see the sun, but can feel its warmth.

I'm interested in the dream and subconscious mind, the peculiar dream-like quality of our lives, sometime nightmare quality of our lives.

All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.

Love is giving with no expectations...Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.

If you can conceive it in your mind, then it can be brought to the physical world.

There are some people who love being a something, but I also got the gist in the 60's when I grew up that you could be, in the art scene, very diverse.

I have to think it's possible to suffer a great wrong and walk away from it. To build a life of small, exquisitely important moments.

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.

A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide.

I think innately knew that music draws people together and that good music is liked by almost everybody.