Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

Vulnerability is important. You can’t let your skin get too thick.

Take a canvas. Put a mark on it. Put another mark on it.

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

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

All mistakes teach us something, so there are, in reality, no mistakes.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

Love is something that if you give it away, you end up having more.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.