“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”

My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best.

Fear arises sooner than anything else.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.

The greater the man’s soul, the deeper he loves.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.