“The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.”

“You don't die in the United States you underachieve.”

“I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all.”

“The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. This requires a moment of pause--a contract with yourself through the object you look at or...”

“Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the public library.”

“You don't die in the United States you underachieve.”

“In bullfighting there is an interesting parallel to the pause as a place of refuge and renewal. It is believed that in the midst of a fight, a bull can find his own particular area of safety in the...”

“That which never attains a state of non-principle [non-truth] is known as the principle.”

“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”

“Principles become modified in practise by facts.”

“To intentionally pass on opportunity is to intentionally pass on living.”

“Disappointment focuses on what is not, and completely misses the far greater reality of what now is.”

“Take excuses and procrastination as your enemies. Let them see you and frown their faces and bypass you without greetings. You will excel if you dont internalize the habit of giving excuses.”