Be true to yourself help others make each day your masterpiece make friendship a fine art drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible build a shelter against a rainy day give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

My house is my refuge an emotional piece of architecture not a cold piece of convenience.

Every time a student walks past a really urgent expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college it can help reassure him that he does have that mind does have that soul.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture their amphitheaters for wild beasts to fight in.

I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators.

You know Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work and every single piece that he does is amazing.

Choreography is amazing. I'm still a dancer yet I transitioned into choreography then as a Creative Director. All of these creative elements are brought out of being a dancer. Directing is something that comes out of understanding movement and choreography. Directing movement is directing a dance piece.

I love vintage shopping I think it's really fun. And I love the feeling of finding the most amazing piece for less.

I really would love to do a piece like Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron in 'Erin Brockovich' or 'North Country.' They were both so amazing and so inspiring. I would love to touch someone in the way their performances touched me.

I don't know how many thoughts we have a second but it's quite an amazing number and just to pin down the appropriate sequence of those all you really need is a pencil and a piece of paper.

When taxidermy is done well it's an amazing piece of art.

I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature how words alone can get your heart doing that.

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.

God employs several translators some pieces are translated by age some by sickness some by war some by justice.