My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master, mostly the less he can say.

Strain your brain more than your eye.

Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.

The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.

When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.

How beautiful an old woman's skin is! All those wrinkles!

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.

The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump... the main thing that the brush secures is the instant grasp of the grand construction of a figure.

Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.

Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans... must strike out for themselves, and only by doing this will we create a great and distinctly American art.

The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

Please, Mr. Engineer let a man ride the linePlease, Mr. Engineer let a man ride the lineI ain't got no ticket please let me ride the blinds

Why is patience so important?""Because it makes us pay attention.

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.

Love between two adults is always conditional. You can fall out of love because you are able to fall in love.

He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

I think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life - being a citizen, being part of humanity - to help other people, to help your country, to help the world.

I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at the same time, and I always tried to explain them to myself. I ask a lot of questions.

We don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves.