Art is a way to engage with the complexity of the world without reducing it.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
The artist must create his own mythology.
"The best books are the ones that leave you a little bit different than when you started."
The historian's first duty is to tell the truth as he sees it, regardless of whom it pleases or displeases.
Success comes to those who work hard.