It seems at times I should be a composer of sounds, not only of rhythms and colors. Walking under the trees, I felt as if the color made sound.

Doodling serves as a means of keeping the hand or fingers limber, so that they are always ready for serious work.

As an artist grows older, he has to fight disillusionment and learn to establish the same relation to nature as an adult, as he had when a child

Get yourself to a vantage point of seclusion and view the world with your eyes alone. Think of the infinite spaces of the skies and the world beneath.

An artist finds his happiest combination in a play of complementary colors. They are direct contrasts yet do not jar; they awaken the beholder, but do not disturb him.

Before starting work go thru all the former material. Many things of vital importance have been lost sight of.

Blood is a reservoir of delights. It is a treasure trove for those who know what to look for, and how to isolate it from the rest of the junk. I know how to do both.

There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.

I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.

If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.

Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.

Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong?

People hate to and will not read instructions.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

The form is mechanic when on any given material we impress a predetermined form. The organic form, on the other hand, is innate, it shapes as it develops itself from within.

Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.