That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.

You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, as occasion serves.

All live to die, and rise to fall.

Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

There is no sin but ignorance.

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do.

O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.

All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.

Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?

Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions . . . by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.

When I drew Captain America in 'The Ultimates, ' I hated my Cap, even though some people are like, 'Man, your Cap's cool!' and they made statues out of it.

There's nothing I'd rather do than make music. It's the love of my life.

I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying it. You have no idea how much I love you.

Honestly, I am so ignorant of how dance works that I cant even imagine a story that you would want to tell through movement.

You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.

I've met others [people] who simply responded to me, "You're Kehinde Wiley. I know your work. I saw it at the Brooklyn Museum [Brooklyn, NY] And I'd be honored to be in your work."

The artist as an artist must be an anarchist

Unhappiness indicates wrong thinking; just as ill health indicates a bad regimen.

I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.