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

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

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

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Learning never exhausts the mind.