One must undertake everything with utter, fanatical determination. Or one will get nowhere.

You can forget Stalin, ” he said, pledging his allegiance. “We’re not the History Channel.

But with superior morale, with an unwavering, fanatical spirit, everything is possible!

In your heart of hearts, I believe all of you around this table know what this country needs.

Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them.

The good thing is I picked a profession that I'm passionate about.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and that is where our focus lies.

It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.

Imagination is the hood ornament on your car of creativity.

We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing.

He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. He had decided, the night before, that he would be as much an adventurer as the ones he had admired in books.

But even when I do give interviews, I always come across as such a completely different person. It seems like there's no controlling it anyway.

This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.