Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.

You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us

Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.

What cannot be said will be wept.

Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us

Whatever one loves most is beautiful.

Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.

Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.

All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.

Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees

Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright.

The weight of your baggage never stops true love from taking flight.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Where once there was a void, Now at least there are Seeds of splendour, Becalmed belief for another time.

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

For me, at least, studying my subjects first and knowing them personally was essential to taking a good picture.

You were created to excel. There’s no limit to how high you can go in life. Keep stretching to the next level.

I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.

What do you wear on a running machine? I can't bring myself to wear flat shoes.

I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards.