"Grow old with me ...."

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!

Robert Browning

"Mere colour ...."

Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.

Oscar Wilde

"The secret of happiness ...."

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Socrates

"The purest ...."

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

John Ruskin

"Possessing by letting go ...."

Possessing by letting go of things was a secret of ownership unknown to youth.

Yukio Mishima