Honor the words that enter and attach to your brain.

We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.

Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer.

The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.

The master said you must write what you see / But what I see does not move me / The master answered Change what you see.

Intense love always leads to mourning.

I pretended indifference…even in the presence of love, in the presence of hunger. And the more deeply I felt, the less able I was to respond.

From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.

The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.

The unsaid, for me, exerts great power.

At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals.

History isn't written by the winners OR the losers

Inner voice is the divine voice.

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.

Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old.

Happy, happy, happy for all that God hath done, Glad of all the little leaves dancing in the sun.

I'm trying not to change.

The object of art like every other product creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.

To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.

In this world we live in now, with a 24/7 news cycle, perception can sometimes be more powerful than reality.

And that does concern me, because we're not getting enough back for our taxes that we're paying. I think we really have to look at the whole sort of area.