“give me the luxuries of life and I will gladly do without the necessities.”

“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”

“Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.”

“The longer that I live the more beautiful life becomes.”

“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.”

“...there is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.”

“Life is truth...”