Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.

You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

-- John Locke

Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical.

-- Sergey Brin

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

-- Linus Pauling

For truly art lies hidden in nature; whoever can draw it out possesses it.

-- Albrecht Dürer

To paint a beautiful woman I would need to see many, but since beautiful women are scarce, I make use of a certain idea that comes to my mind.

-- Raphael

I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

-- Michelangelo