Art is to console those who are broken by life.

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He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the face of the earth - and not even as a traveler towards a final goal, for there is no such thing. But he certainly wants to observe and keep his eyes open to whatever actually happens in the world; therefore he cannot attach his heart too firmly to anything individual; he must have in himself something wandering that takes pleasure in change and transitoriness. ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your last, or do you save your money on the chance you'll live twenty more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long? Do you work as hard as you can, or do you slow down to smell the roses? And where do carbohydrates fit into all this? Are we really all going to spend our last years avoiding bread, especially now that bread in American is so unbelievable delicious? And what about chocolate?

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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

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The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.

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In the long run, the greatest weapon of mass destruction is stupidity. ― Thomas Sowell

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It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. ― Vincent Van Gogh

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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

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Nature is the art of God. — Dante Alighieri

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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.

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