Hart & Kaufman: "Art is only achieved..."

"Art is only achieved through perspiration... but it helps if you've got a little talent with it."

–Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman, You Can't Take It With You (Kolenkhov & Grandpa)

Thomas Edison: "I haven't failed..."

"I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work."

—Thomas Edison

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "To be yourself in..."

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kobayashi Issa: "Climb Mount Fuji O..."

"Climb Mount Fuji

O snail

but slowly, slowly"

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)