“... but I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life.”

“War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.”

“Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.”

“Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.”

“My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange for the treasures of India.”

“Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make the...”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”

“There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.”