"The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and takin…"

"What a beautiful step! I shall never be able to do it."

"Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable."

"Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the very first time."

"Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in…"

"I need to have a purpose in life and for that I might sacrifice some of the luxuries that I enjoy; fortunately I am f…"

"She became most fervent, continually risking her life by harbouring and maintaining priests, was frequently imprisone…"

"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"

"His bright spirits and kindly genial ways, the outward expression of a soul which combined with its deep sense of rel…"

"It is in cases of litigation that Rome is slow, and that is owing to deep solicitude lest justice should suffer a def…"