It is only framed in space that beauty blooms; only in space are events, and objects and people unique and significant and therefore beautiful.

I think best with a pencil in my hand.

A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side.

The world has been forced to its knees. Unhappily, we seldom find our way there without being beaten to it by suffering.

Certain environments, certain modes of life, and certain rules of conduct are more conducive to inner and outer harmony than others. There are, in fact, certain roads that one may follow. Simplification is one of them.

The collector walks with blinders on; he sees nothing but the prize. In fact, the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty.

God often used bitter experiences to make us better. Gold can be a helpful servant, but a cruel master.