“Let each man exercise the art he knows.”
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“Mankind is made great or little by its own will.”
“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.”
“Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.”
“Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.”
“Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.”
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
“Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.”
“A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.”
“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”
“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”
“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”
“When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss.”
“Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things that's all.”
“I view art as an inspirational tool.”
“The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.”
“Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.”
“'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.”
“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.”
“You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.”
“Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.”
“The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.”