"Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths"