I have made a solemn vow never to send my drawings, because people have cheated me.

My illustrious lordship, I will show you what a woman can do.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.

-- Jack Ma

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

-- Grace Hopper

It is not the model who must inspire the artist, but the artist who must bring the model to life.

-- Camille Claudel

Open the shoji screen and look outside; the world is vast.

-- Sakichi Toyoda

The pursuit of science has often been compared to the scaling of mountains.

-- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.

-- Mary Cassatt