My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.

Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

How I hated this school, and what a life of anxiety I lived there for more than two years.

Any idiot can see something wrong. But can you see what is right?

What kind of people do they [the Japanese] think we are?

Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by.

You must be prepared for further efforts of mind and body and further sacrifices to great causes, if you are not to fall back into the rut if inertia, the confusion of aim and the craven fear of being great.