The world is like a mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

It’s better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos.

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

There are things that are not sayable. That's why we have art.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.