I don’t like goodbyes, NBC does.
I made a promise to keep a watch over myself, to remain master of myself, so that I might become a sure observer.
Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.
What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?
A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.
Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.
Art = a mad search for individualism.
I don't know if memoirs can produce literary work of the first order. But I do know that novels are doing it only rarely.
I could be anything I wanted because I was an American. And I hope that that's really what's propelled me into public service.
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.
The secret to happiness is to lower your expectations. . . . that is what you compare your experience with. If your expectations and standards are very high and only allow yourself to be happy when things are exquisite, you'll never be happy and grateful. There will always be some flaw. But compare your experience with lower expectations, especially something not as good, and you'll find much in your experience of the world to love, cherish and enjoy, every single moment.