Wisdom Quotes

"In every mistake lies the seed of mastery."

"Every scar tells a story of survival."

"There is no such thing as a mistake."

"The unconscious is the only avenger of real wrongs."

"The unconscious is a very powerful thing."

"There is no such thing as bad painting."

"A man should use his intelligence to find answers, and his heart to understand them."

"The most profound wisdom often wears the simplest disguise."

"To understand one's limitations is to understand one's potential."

"Life teaches those who are willing to learn."

"The further I go in life, the more I realize I know myself poorly."

"My illness has been a teacher to me throughout my life."

"My nervous temperament has given me unique insight into human nature."

"I cannot paint without understanding my own darkness."

"I have found that illness grants a strange clarity to vision."

"Concerning life, the wisest men in all ages have decided that it is no happier than this."

"Do not let your special character and values, which are so meaningful to you, get lost in extraneous material concerns."

"We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meanwhile within man is the soul of the whole."

"Not all that is dark is wicked, not all that shines is good."

"A man should never be ashamed to own that he is in the wrong which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."

"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward."

"Perfection is not just about control. It is also about letting go."

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

"Your fingers make mistakes, but your heart knows the truth."

"A woman can give life but she cannot make it."

"Youth is wasted on the young; wisdom is earned through living."

"Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any direction."

"I love fugues. They are the expression of orderly thought."

"In every composition lies a spiritual truth."

"Temperance in all things, including music."