The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

I`d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.