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

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

All my life I've had one dream, to achieve my many goals.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Work does not kill a man, it is worry, irregularity and uncertainty that kill.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

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

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.