There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them.

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.

Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are put of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire.

We are always fascinated with the past, but the future is always brighter.

What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship.

Often we find a friend, not by accident, by unknown inner attraction and synchronicity.

We don't blame your shadow for the shape of your body. Don't blame others for the shape of your experience.

God created man and then woman but the atheist created himself.

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

When a man is born...there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.

Healthcare costs are rising due to Obamacare.

Fine doesn't mean fine! The scale goes: great, good, okay, not okay, I hate you, fine.

My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.