"Never contract friendship with a man that..." - Quote by Confucius

“What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.”

“I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.”

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.”

“Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.”

“New York is what Paris was in the twenties. . . the center of the art world. And we want to be in the center. It's the greatest place on earth. . . I've got a lot of friends here and I even brought my own cash.”

“As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.”

“The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.”

“We have to practice to become perfect.”

“Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.”