"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves."

"Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness."

"Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon."

"To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

"If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way."

"Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful."