“Men at any age truly never grow up. All, no matter what importance they may have attained, are still no more than little boys.” MenMayLittlesStillsMatterAgeGrowsBoysGrowing UpImportanceNo Matter WhatLittle Boys Author:Diane de Poitiers
“Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.” AgeOld AgeHideous Author:Diane de Poitiers
“... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.” WellsSeemsDegreesAbyss Author:Diane de Poitiers
“Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.” PeopleCoinsCounterfeitCalumnyQualmsCalumny IsCounterfeit Money Author:Diane de Poitiers
“In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.” FirstsStillsBookCertainAmbitionReignOffendedEmperorResentfulPresumptuousUpstartHigh Ambition Author:Murasaki Shikibu
“Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited. I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don't have any memory of it, even then people will start to build their own art. It is a necessity -- a function. We don't need history.” PeopleIfsNeedsBelieveArtWholeArtistI BelieveMemoriesCivilizationFunctionI Believe InBurned Author:Yoko Ono
“you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.” IfsNeedsMindEnoughArtistTalentCommunicateDesperateFrame Of Mind Author:Yoko Ono
“Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.” AdmireJealousyAdmiration Book:Acorn Source: Acorn