You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

Swimming is great because there are levels of goals. First, when I was four, it was making it to the other end and overcoming the fear of standing up in front of everybody at a swim meet because I was such a shy kid.

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

I could have been like so many other bloggers or 'influencers' who just have their agent and are more like celebrities, but I've never wanted it to be only like that. Of course, I still want that part in my life, but I also wanted to create a brand.

I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times.

You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.

Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

When someone is punched in the face, you find out what they are made of.

'Which is stronger, politics or love?' is like asking, 'Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling?' They are two sides of the same thing.

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements.

Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

While the cats away the mice will play.

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

For example, in Malay, there are pronunciations that are similar to Chinese.

Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon we want to know whats beyond.

I speak, Hindi, English, and American. I'm trilingual.

Take a step back today, look at all those beautiful things you have.

The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable.

I love the British.

Invisible people see invisible things.