The only real failure is the failure to try.
The beauty of mathematics is that it allows us to see the world in a way that is both precise and profound, revealing the underlying order that governs all things.
I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
We are comfortable planting seeds and waiting for them to grow into trees.
The writer's secret is not inspiration—for it is never clear where it comes from—but stubbornness, endurance.