“This urge, wrestle, resurrection of dry sticks, Cut stems struggling to put down feet, What saint strained so much, Rose on such lopped limbs to a new life? Theodore Roethke
“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.Erica Jong
“My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents [the road is open to the talented], without distinction of birth or fortune.Napoleon Bonaparte