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

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.

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

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

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

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Learning never exhausts the mind.