"How many emperors and how many princes..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“In the days of thy youth seek to obtain that which shall compensate the losses of thy old age.”

“Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills.”

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

“I think I did in the sense that there's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw what was possible. And that generation, it's coming.”

“Everyone should try to scratch their name on the bomb of life.”

“My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.”

“You grow in reputation like bread in the hands of a child.”

“The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous. I have contented these people with all the many bizarre things that come into my head. And the less they understand, the more they admire it. By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time.”

“I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.”