Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
On Architecture
Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.
-Vida D. Scudder
The Privilege of Age
When I’ve had a rough day, before I go to sleep I ask myself if there isn’t something more I can do right now. If there isn’t, I sleep sound.
-L. L. Colbert
But you must remember that everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost, and wonders never cease.
-Muriel Spark
Loitering with Intent
Replace “artist” with a more general word for “person.” Does the quote still make sense?
The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
-W. Somerset Maugham