Reality is always richer and more complex than fiction.

Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.

The artist’s hand must be guided by the unconscious.

译文：人的福分，并不是靠外在的条件和环境得来的，而是取决于自己内心的修养和行为。只有把握好自己的内心，才能获得真正的幸福和成功。

解释：君主对发生在堂上、堂下、门廷之内的事都不知道，则虽是近处，却比百里、千里、万里之外更远。

The silence between brushstrokes holds more truth than the painting itself.

道德规则不是我们理性的结论。