Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The property of power is to protect.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.