Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.

Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.

All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy.

The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.

opportunity only shows you the door but not the end of the road

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

I want people to get inspired by public space - their space. People tend to forget about it because they do the daily thing, but putting up these sculptures breaks the routine.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.

I focused solely on the sprints, dedicated my time there, got in the weight room, just really did everything I could to make sure I would be in the best position to run for gold.

The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.

Piano is like drudgery.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.