Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Art is not about something, Art is something

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'

I think so muchmay be it never endswhen this night endsthere's another at handI sleep with oneand wake with onewith everything else onthis life goes on.

Determination Determines Your Destination

I work within the limits of what I have and know, simplicity and low impact, natural materials and processes, leaving a delicate footprint.

I've been guilty of most of the stuff that's been said about me to some degree. And if I ain't done it, I probably will.

Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

When you move like a jellyfish, rhythm is nothing. You go with the flow. You don't stop.

Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.

Everyone you see is you in a different time & space.

I was studying the sky like I was an astronomer, except it was daytime and I didn't have a telescope, so I was just an idiot.