“Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be a textbook of science, the old controversy between religion and science vanishes . . . The doctrine of the Trinity is much more abstruse than anything in relativity or quantum mechanics; but, being necessary for salvation, the doctrine is stated in the Bible. If the theory of relativity had also been necessary for salvation, it would have been revealed to Saint Paul or to Moses.”

“We have one world. We have one chance; to be a united force of positive strength, to feed humanity the light of being humane." Jessica Edouard”

“You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.”

“I would kiss you, had I the courage.”

“It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.”

“The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.”

“When a man can observe himself suffering and is able later to describe what he's gone through it means he was born for literature.”

“Beautiful is who you are”

“What moves men of genius, or rather, what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is not enough.”

“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.”

“Through light, together, let us breed positivity as a lifestyle.”