This beginning with Audacity, or being thrown into the middle of it, is already a very great part of the art of painting.

Great success always comes at the risk of enormous failure.

I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Now, however we have a new experience. We have a victory - a remarkable and definite victory. The bright gleam has caught the helmets of our soldiers and warmed and cheered all our hearts.

To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.

The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.

The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.