I don't mind anything that's written about me, as long as it's not true.
The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.
There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize.
If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.
If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort.
There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct.
Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.
When permitted to listen to alternative opinions and engage in substantive debate, people have been known to change their minds. It can happen.
You have to have the courage to wait, to say no,. . . And thats difficult. This job is very uncertain, and its frightening.
I admit that living in Nigeria sounds romantic, but Africa isn't America by a long shot. It's a different world and a different place in time.
The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself.