The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams.

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.

Drink not the third glass - which thou can'st not tame when once it is within thee.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs.

It's really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work.

You are not a passive observer in the cosmos. The entire universe is expressing itself through you at this very moment.

If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.

I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages.

Fear not because God is with you.

I've spent my whole life fighting for free-market principles and the Constitution. That's not going to change.

The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.