"We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.

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— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Everything you can imagine is real."
— Pablo Picasso

"A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light."
— Leonardo da Vinci

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
— Pablo Picasso

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
— Edgar Degas

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."
— C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone"
— Pablo Picasso

"If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams."
— Yann Martel (Self)

"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun"
— Pablo Picasso

"I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot."
— Steve Martin

"life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one"
— Stella Adler

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
— Dr. Seuss

"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

"Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before."
— Steven Wright

"I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early."
— Charles Lamb

"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice."
— Bill Watterson

"My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another."
— Lemony Snicket

"...Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention."
— Christopher Paolini (Eragon)

"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please."
— Mark Twain

"I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies."
— Lemony Snicket (The Penultimate Peril)

"Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish"
— Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

"There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons."
— Sally Gardner (The Red Necklace)

"Many men spend their lives living in the wrong corner of their souls, mainly out of fear of what they might find on the other side."
— Sally Gardner

"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."
— Neil Gaiman (The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones)

"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like."
— Lemony Snicket

"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate."
— Charles Dickens

"There are books by which the backs and covers are by far the best parts."
— Charles Dickens

"It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts."
— Patricia Briggs

"You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything."
— Jay Asher (Thirteen Reasons Why)

"You can't stop the future
You can't rewind the past
The only way to learn the secret
...is to press play."
— Jay Asher (Thirteen Reasons Why)