Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts as somehow sissy and effete. We have done both an injustice. The life of the artist is, in relation to his work, stern and lonely. He has labored hard, often amid deprivation, to perfect his skill. He has turned aside from quick success in order to strip his vision of everything secondary or cheapening. His working life is marked by intense application and intense discipline.
John F. KennedyAnyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.
John F. KennedyWhen things don't go well they like to blame presidents; and that's something that presidents are paid for.
John F. KennedyThe credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.
John F. Kennedy