The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

— Voltaire

I paint flowers so they will not die.

— Frieda Kahlo

A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind.

— Webb Chiles

We are but dust and shadow.

— Horace

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

— Leo Tolstoy

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.

— Japanese Proverb

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

— Pablo Picasso

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

— Max Beerbohm

God didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

— Anonymous

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

— Chinese Proverb