I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

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

Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.

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

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.