Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

Do whatever you do intensely.

The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.

Nights

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.

I like peace and solitude and silence.

Even our pets can become idols.

Choosing between day and night. Edgar and Heathcliff.

There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom. You want to help people de-leverage and deal with those debts over time.

While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

Don't ever deny yourself a chance at your dreams. We're all meant for great things, but not everyone believes that can happen.

You can write something that has continuity, but it makes happy endings all the more ridiculous.