The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.