We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
People die from typewriters falling on their heads.
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.
To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
Always do what you are afraid to do.
Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.