Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
I can, therefore I am.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Well done is better than well said.
Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.