Friend Quotes

To have a great idea,

have a lot of them.

Love of beauty is taste.

The creation of beauty is art.

Every word is like an egg;

it has the potential to hatch into meaning.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets.

Let yourself be silently drawn by

the strange pull of what you really love.

Everyone should be respected as an individual,

but no one idolized.

Everything was so new

the whole idea of going into space was new and daring.

There were no textbooks,

so we had to write them.

Be honest in your art;

authenticity always resonates.

Up,

you mighty race,

accomplish what you will.

We don’t stop playing because we grow old;

we grow old because we stop playing.

We suffer from an incurable disease called hope.

Every once in a while, I get mad.

'The Lorax' came out of my being angry.

The ecology books I'd read were dull...

In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack

what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

I'm never pleased with anything,

I'm a perfectionist,

it's part of who I am.

Those are my principles,

and if you don’t like them…

well, I have others.

True art is characterized

by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

There are three rules for writing:

1) Avoid clichés,

2) Avoid clichés,

3) Avoid clichés.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth

is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves

when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep

into our own natures.

I’m a very private person.

When you play,

play hard;

when you work,

don't play at all.