The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

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

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....

He who thinks little errs much

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

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

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

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, that to institute a new order of things

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

Action is the foundational key to all success.