Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.