Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

What I have in my heart and soul must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

A rooster is no less worthy a subject than a dragon.

-- Itō Jakuchū

I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation.

-- Howard Hughes

I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.

-- Estée Lauder

Color is my daily obsession, my joy and my torment.

-- Claude Monet

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

-- Ray Kroc

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

-- Bertrand Russell