Archives - August 2020

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.

As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.

If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.

There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the TV set.

The truly fashionable are beyond fashion.

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

The secret to happiness in your work is to find a job in which your neurosis is constructive.

Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.

Keep your flame lit, and you will never feel darkness.

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. 

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

So long as we are in conflict with our body, we cannot find peace of mind.

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. 

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.