A writer must not allow himself to be turned into an institution.

Hell is other people.

Man is condemned to be free.

Existence precedes essence.

There are two ways for a painter: the broad and easy one or the narrow and hard one.

-- Mary Cassatt

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

-- Elon Musk

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.

-- Jack Dorsey

Gold is the ground on which power speaks.

-- Kanō Eitoku

No one has the right to obey.

-- Hannah Arendt

The present is not a potential past; it is the moment of choice and action.

-- Simone de Beauvoir