Thoughts on age

American film producer

It’s not how old you are. It’s how you are old.

—Pierre-Jules Renard

French author

We are always the same age inside.

—Gertrude Stein

American novelist

Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!

—Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress

It matters not how long we live but how.

—Philip James Bailey

English poet

Forty is the old age of youth; 50 the youth of old age.

—Victor Hugo

French novelist

Minds ripen at very different ages.

—Stevie Wonder

American singer-songwriter

Nature gives you the face you have at 20; it is up to you to merit the face you have at 50.

—Coco Chanel

French fashion designer

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

—Henry David Thoreau

American philosopher

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

—Mark Twain

American author

Age considers; youth ventures.

—Rabindranath Tagore

Poet, novelist

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

—John Lennon

British singer-songwriter