What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent?

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in the daily details of life.

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.

I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

Some people would have killed themselves and/or someone else if they were single

I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think that’s what you’d call a silver lining.

It's not just enough to survive. We've got to make something better than what we've got.

In the principle of equality I very clearly discern two tendencies; one leading the mind of every man to untried thoughts, the other prohibiting him from thinking at all.

I'm as fond of my body as anyone, but if I can be 200 with a body of silicon, I'll take it.

The great seal of truth is simplicity.

Kizzy wanted it all so bad her soul leaned half out of her body hungering after it, and that was what drove the goblins wild, her soul hanging out there like an untucked shirt.

All of Sicily is a dimension of the imagination.

The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

I started to crouch because that way I could guard the plate better, and I always wanted to hit .300 in the big leagues.