"On those who over analyze music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly." — Claude Debussy, French composer, born 1862
"It takes a long time to really be married. One marries many times at many levels within that marriage. If you have more marriages than you have divorces within the marriage, you’re lucky and you stick it out." — Ruby Dee, American actress, born 1922
"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." — Edgar Degas, French artist, born 1834
"In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false." — Edgar Degas, French artist, born 1834
"But if we are truly happy inside, then age brings with it a maturity, a depth, and a power that only magnifies our radiance." — David Deida, American author, born 1958
"What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough." — Eugene Delacroix, French painter, born 1798
"There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere." — Paul Delaroche, French painter, born 1797
"Inspired intellect must endure all kinds of ghastly education." — Paul Delaroche, French painter, born 1797
"People who are reckless usually wind up in trouble because they do crazy things. Imagine being reckless for the kingdom of God. Just think what might happen. Friends of God loving one another around the earth. Heaven breaking open in our midst. We have the power to make this happen." — Ilia Delio, American Franciscan Sister, born 1955
"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty." — Dom DeLuise, American comedian, born 1933