Botany, the science of the vegetable kingdom, is one of the most attractive, most useful, and most extensive departments of human knowledge. It is, above every other, the science of beauty.

One real meeting is much better than a thousand internet or social media words.

O it's a snug little island! A right little tight little island!

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our Mind.

The reason I make art is because I get to make a choice about who I am, what I do, and what I put out into the world, the footsteps I leave behind.

Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.

I don't resent being a female painter. I don't exploit it. I paint.

If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.

To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.

Local politics matters a lot.

I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.