The mind that's conscious of its rectitude, Laughs at the lies of rumor.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

We're all stuck between the realm of our desires, their possibilities and the realities of life.

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me.

My relationship with shoes has always been linked to shoes, women, women in their shoes and performance.

I don't seem able to do my best unless I'm behind or in trouble.

Love is the hastening gravitation of spirit towards spirit, and body towards body, in the joy of creation.

The great men of antiquity were poor.

I believe mustard to be one of the most amazing condiments.

It's my job to look presentable but that doesn't mean I have to make a fashion statement everytime I walk out the house.

Civilization, or "the system" or "society" or whatever you want to call it, is best served not by mules but by free men.

The notion of art as the dearly purchased outcome of an immense spiritual risk, one whose cost goes up with the entry and participation of each new player in the game.