[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

All is born of water; all is sustained by water.

God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.

If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

The man who masters himself is delivered from the force that binds all creatures.