I'm my own worst critic and harshest critic and I just want to put honest music out there.
Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It's been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too.
I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.
You know how people always talk about how vision is the key to entrepreneurship and perseverance and really seeing what other people don't see? We can actually redeem a fair amount of that folk wisdom.
Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object.