The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

My art and profession is to live.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.