She says affection is all very well being imagined, like a romantic fancy, but marriage should be based on practical purposes in order to last longer.

Books open new worlds to me.

If the Beast gave me a library like he gave to Belle, I’d marry him too.

If young people are our greatest asset in a war that must be won then wemust be willing to extricate them at whatever cost from the clutchesof those who seek to exploit their weaknesses

I grew up in a time where anything was possible.

I don't go through life verbalizing what I feel.

Music has a way of filling in the missing places. It is a gift from God above, who didn't have to provide it, but He did anyway and I half think He decided life just wouldn't be as good without it.

We often feel paralyzed by choice and make no choice. But the thing is, no choice is a choice. If you’re not doing something about it, you’re doing something about it.

Paradox - Truth standing on her head to get attention.

The canvas you are working on modifies the previous ones in an unending, baffling chain which never seems to finish. What sympathy is demanded of the viewer? He is asked to 'see' the future links.

The imagination is a palette of bright colors. You can use it to touch up memories — or you can use it to paint dreams.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates.