Life Quotes

"Being born is like being kidnapped and then sold into slavery."

"Isn't life wonderful? I guess it must be."

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

"The greatest art is the art of living well."

"To be truly alive is to be engaged in the act of creation."

"I am a self-portrait in time, always a work in progress."

"Life itself is the most precious gift, even in its harshest moments."

"To be truly alive is to feel everything intensely."

"My life has been my greatest artwork and my greatest teacher."

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."

"Youth has no age."

"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then Paris follows you all your life."

"Every moment of our lives we are making choices."

"We are shaped by our choices far more than by our circumstances."

"A life well-lived is one that contributes to something beyond itself."

"A life well-lived is not measured in years, but in the impact we have on others."

"The emotions that swell up in us make life what it is."

"To live is to feel the universe breathe through you."

"Life's meaning comes from what we contribute to others."

"The acts of life are of greater significance than the thoughts of life."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"Life is short, but the art created in life can be eternal."

"In the struggle between will and destiny, will is secondary."

"The measure of a life is not its length but the work completed."

"Life's greatest lessons often come from our failures."

"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works."

"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die."

"Motion is the cause of all life."

"My mother said to me, if you are a soldier, you will be a general; if you are a monk, you will end up as the Pope. Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

"Youth has no age."