My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music.

My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.

What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? ... Work and love.

Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.

A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.

Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.

I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.

if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.

Go out and walk. That is the glory of life.

In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.

Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

I am not in the world. The world is in me.

Denial is a save now, pay later scheme.

Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it “wind tossed.” If only she knew.

I've won at every level.

We give our intent to love and meekness, by the working of mercy and grace we are made all fair and clean.

It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.

Courage refuses frontiers!

If possible, try to talk good about others, always. By telling good about another person, you will help yourself and another person.