Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
An idea is salvation by imagination.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
'Think simple' as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.