It is not hard to compose, but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table.

If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

I do not think any man would ever treat a woman as an equal, and it is all I ask.

-- Berthe Morisot

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

-- Peter Lynch

Painting must capture the movement of life.

-- Wu Daozi

What I am looking for is neither the real nor the unreal, but the mystery of the instinct of the human race.

-- Amedeo Modigliani

Mountains are the bones of the earth; clouds are its breath.

-- Yokoyama Taikan

The investor's chief problem — and even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.

-- Benjamin Graham