"Follow your passion. Help people along the way. Work very very hard and always come prepared."

“I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.”

“Artistic tricks divert from the effect that an artist endeavors to produce, and even excellent elements such as bullets, arrows, brackets, ornate initials, are at best superficial ornamentation unless logically employed.”

“Art indeed is long, but life is short.”

Source : Andrew Marvell, Nigel Smith (2007). “The Poems of Andrew Marvell”, p.29, Pearson Education

“The majority decision constitutionalizes a distinction between a red leather pouch and a paper bag that is necessarily based at least in some part on economic and class differences and perceptions.”

“At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist.”

“I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams.”

“Chess is a curse upon a man.”

“What matters is: Are you profitable? Are you building something great? Are you taking care of your people? Are you treating your customers well?”

Source : "37signals Earns Millions Each Year. Its CEO’s Model? His Cleaning Lady". Interview with David Zax, www.fastcompany.com. August 29, 2012.