The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Patience is also a form of action.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.

There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig

Be thankful for every adversity.

It is important to understand where to draw a line between progress and perfection.

I can't play a slave.

We sue each other too much and care for each other too little.

Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.

I never thought to stay here without papers. I had visa. I travel every few months back to the country, to Slovenia, to stamp the visa. I came back. I apply for the green card.

My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents.

The summit sings what is being spoken in the depths.