“The best artists know what to leave out.”

“Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.”

“It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now.”

“I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in my power to leave it in a better state than it was when I found it. At the same time I know that this can never be. The world has grown so complex that one voice can do little to alter it any longer. That doesn't stop me from doing what I can, but it makes the task hard. The successes are so small, the failures so large and many. It's like trying to stem a storm with one's bare hands.”

“There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves.”

“Let me give you some advice: Try to approach things without preconceived ideas, without supposing you already know everything there is to know about them. Get that trick down and you'll be surprised at what's really all around you.”

“I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.”