"Painting in watercolor is like walking a tight-rope; one must achieve a perfect balance between what the paint wants to do and what the artist wants to do, or all is lost."

"il faut laisser du temps au temps (you have to give time time - approximate translation)"

"Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps, if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love or have babies or be who we are."

"To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top."

"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education."

"We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts."

"The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose."

"Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?"

"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."

"Reality is only just a word."

"[Poetry] is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake."

"Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts."