"There are two classes of men called..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The biggest happiness is when at the end of the year you feel better than at the beginning”

“Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.”

“One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.”

“Painting is a jeu d'esprit.”

“We sit down before the picture in order to have something done to us, not that we may do things with it. The first demand any work of art makes upon us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way (there is no good asking first whether the work before you deserves such a surrender, for until you have surrendered you cannot possibly find out.”

“Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.”

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.”

“Nothing is permanent but change.”

“I believe that when you stop renewing and are no longer open to change and the possibilities that continually unfold, you stop being alive and are just getting through the years. Transformation doesn't happen unless you're willing: It's your choice.”