"[...] any fool can make a discovery...." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“The educated man is a greater nuisance than the uneducated one.”

“You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery.”

“Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.”

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”

“When you begin a picture you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do it over several times. In each destroying of a beautiful discovery, the artist does not really suppress it, but rather condenses it, makes it more substantial. What comes out in the end is the result of discarded finds. Otherwise you become your own connoisseur.”

“Science finds it methods.”

“I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other people change them, knowing that it was the wrong choice. The question you have to ask yourself is: How do you want to fail? Do you want to fail in a way that feels like it respects your tastes and value system?”

“The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any but the famed books./ Never read any but what you like.”

“Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.”