The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

We chase dreams and embrace shadows.

Life is too big for small dreams.

Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.

You were my single greatest adventure.

The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.

The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you.

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?

Lots of small business men have been contacting me to say they wish they had the nerve to say what I said.

Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.

You never know when your ideas are going to come back to you.