"You grow in reputation like bread in..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.”

“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”

“The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment.”

“You have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.”

“Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.”

“Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.”

“A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'”

“You don't have to be a star to get a cheese sandwich. You just have to be first.”

“It might be a kind of relief to be finished. You have to start all over again. But I believe you’re always as good as your potential. I now live in my work and in a few relationships with the few people I can really count on. Fame will go by, and, so long, I’ve had you fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.”