Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.

As long as art lives never shall I accept that men are truly dead.

Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent and divine, come into being.

Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing.

Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.

No expensive car can keep life going except, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.

After all, that was a main purpose of science: to make things of all kinds happen sooner than they otherwise would.

An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity.

What's your name?""Emma Gould, " she said. "What's yours?""Wanted.""By all the girls or just the law?

What strange impulse is it which induces otherwise truthful people to say they like music when they do not, and thus expose themselves to hours of boredom?

Give me a world, you have taken the world I was.

Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.

If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else.

When you work in TV, it's such a group effort, it's not about you.

I'm feminine, but I wouldn't say that I'm girly in any way at all.