"Everything is transitory."Time
"A person hears only what they understand."
"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too."
"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."Knowledge
"Art is man's nature; nature is God's art."Art
"The object of art is not to reproduce reality but to create a reality of the same intensity."Art
"Freedom is not given, it is taken."Freedom
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."Dreams
"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."
"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."Love
"In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world all rests on perseverance."Perseverance
"He only is great who has the power to break the chain."Power
"Creation is the eternal delight of God."Creativity
"Time is the greatest innovator."Time
"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of machine management."Work
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel them all."Relationships
"All the knowledge I possess can be summed up in the following words: mankind is always in the process of becoming."Philosophy
"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."Motivation
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."Education
"Character is destiny."
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."Perseverance
"Architecture is frozen music."Art
"Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves."Nature
"He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth."History
"Ignorance is not innocence but sin."Knowledge
"The God-like is in the beginning."Faith
"Music is liquid architecture."Music
"One who is afraid is not prepared to die; but one who is prepared to die is not afraid."Courage
"The first and last thing required of a genius is love of the truth."Truth
"I want to assure him that I am not of the school that thinks nothing is worth doing if you cannot do everything."