“In life we must be willing to take risks, for that is the only way progress is attained.”

“Any goal in life is attainable as long as one follows it consistently.”

“He who has patience, evidently what he pursues must ensue, and come to pass. To every man, this is what he must cultivate above all other things.”

“It is the man who loves reading books who gets to know himself”

“The best writing is when one writes from the soul”

“There are many ways to find meaning in life, one of them is the love of art”

“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.”

“Don't quit. A wind from nowhere could turn it.”

“When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge.”

“If you are not able to see your goals, they will take longer to achieve, and sometimes longer is "never.”

“We are here on earth for a while.”

“It's who you is when folks knocks at the door of your heart what counts. Hide the past and it gives them what's jealous of you the power to bring you undone.”

“In the dark , everything is scary”