“As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul.”

I often prefer the shapes within the raw materials to ‘do their thing’, as this makes it movre interesting for me.

There’s an inherent message in my work relating to recycling and the nature of value, but my artistic inspiration is fired by the qualities within the raw materials.

I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods.

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.

Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.

There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or by pleasure and pain.

It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens.

Mortal through I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment I gaze up at the night’s starry domain of heaven, Then no longer on earth I stand; I touch the Creator, And my lively spirit drinketh immortality.

The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.

It’s only through honesty and courage that science can work at all. The Ptolemaic understanding of the solar system was undermined and corrected by the constant pressure of more and more honest reporting.

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.

Fortune has dealt with me rather too well. I have known little struggle, not much poverty, many generosities.

I feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.

A man is the sum of his misfortunes.

The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.