The particulars of life do not matter to the artist; they merely provide him with the opportunity to lay bare his genius.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

People come as they are, and alter you as themselves.

You are nothing like my father. And like my father you are nothing.

Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

Anyone who can't say blank is deceitful.

Nothing anybody's said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.

Nothing useless can be truly beautiful.