Take note that, before going any farther, I will give you the exact proportion of a man. Those of a woman I will disregard, for she does not have any set proportion.

When painting the faces of young persons ... use the yolk of the egg of a city hen, because they have lighter yolks than those of country hens.

When you have practiced drawing for a while... take pains and pleasure in constantly copying the best works that you can find done by the hand of great masters.

If you imitate the forms of a single artist through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get some nourishment from them.

Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a world of good.

If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy them.

Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the things that are not.

If you follow the course of one man through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get some nourishment from it.

Some people say Earth is the bottom level of Purgatory.' She pointed toward the floor and frowned.'I call it the top floor of Hell.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

Some people say they feel very small when they think about space. I felt more expansive, very connected to the universe.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

I wanted to write for Broadway.

Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It's the storytelling.

Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball.

You need never fear feeling too good about God.

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.