I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
The man with no imagination has no wings.
I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.
Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.
Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
