No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

The hidden harmony is stronger than the visible.

-- Heraclitus

Fashion fades, but style endures.

-- Coco Chanel

The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct is its appeal.

-- Wassily Kandinsky

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

-- Auguste Rodin

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

-- Antoni Gaudí

A pattern is a poem without words.

-- Ogata Kōrin