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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Love beauty; it is the shadow of God on the universe.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

Yes, there is a nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

I created nothing; I invented nothing; I imagined nothing; I perverted nothing; I simply discovered drama in real life.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solicitude is the enemy of well-being.

What art offers is space—a certain breathing room for the spirit.

What art offers is space—a certain breathing room for the spirit.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

Those move easiest who have learned to dance.

He who sings frightens away his ills.

God respects me when I work, but he loves me when I sing.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.