Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

The music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought.

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

-- Artemisia Gentileschi

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

-- Georgia O'Keeffe

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously.

-- Sam Walton

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

-- Bill Gates

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

-- Wernher von Braun

Art is whatever the artist says it is.

-- Marcel Duchamp