Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.
Your love is from the imagination, not the heart.
Don’t you love quotations? I am immensely fond of them; a certain proof of erudition. . . . [I]f you should happen to write an insipid poem. . . send it to me, and my fiat shall crown you with immortality.
We have been saying, Lucy, that 'tis the strangest thing in the world people should quarrel about religion, since we undoubtedly all mean the same thing; all good minds in every religion aim at pleasing the Supreme Being; the means we take differ according to where we are born, and the prejudices we imbibe from education; a consideration which ought to inspire us with kindness and indulgence to each other.
There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.
The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.
My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.
Give rejection the finger, and rejection gives it back.