Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his... - Henry Ward Beecher

"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope."

"‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."

"Now comes the mystery! (last words)"

"Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown."

"It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage."