Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

You don't need to be in the light to be a beacon of beauty.For Marta

Once your vision is clarified and stated, do not look back

In his heart, some tiny piece of what hadn't happened would lodge.

Henri IV's feet and armpits enjoyed an international reputation.

Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau.

I've spent my whole working life standing up for workers. Didn't matter if it was the two trapped miners at Beaconsfield or professional netballers or indeed factory workers or construction workers.

Only men who are capable of saying Thou [an attitude of deep respect] to one another can truly say we with one another.

I would have preferred to have been in a film where I could've been more authentic or more human, where the dialogue and my approach to the part could have been more real.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.