There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.
Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.
It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.
I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing.
It takes no imagination to live within your means.
For surely of all the drugs in the world, Chess must be the most permanently pleasurable
All you can do as an artist is do what you think is an extension of you. You put down on paper. . . who you are. That's what being an artist is all about. And when it gets done, you don't look back at it and say, Oh, I could have done that better.
Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy?
Just because you’ve had enough doesn’t mean you wanted too much.