“Thus instead of supposing that a work of art must be something that all can behold - a poem, a painting, a book, a great building - consider making of your own life a work of art. You have yourself to begin with, and a time of uncertain duration to work on it. You do not have to be what you are, and even though you may be quite content with who and what you are, it will not be hard for you to think of something much greater that you might become.”