No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it only little or not at all.

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the lord, because he knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realized that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. surrealism to me is reality.

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.