I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Art is whatever the artist says it is.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

-- William James

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.

-- William James

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

-- Steve Jobs

Perseverance is my motto.

-- Madam C. J. Walker

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

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

-- Mary Kay Ash