Style disdains comfort and is always ready to sacrifice virtue.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

1164At the end of the day, we all live in this world together and to practice bringing peace onto social media is a huge step into bringing peace into our world.

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized.

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.

I love that sense of change that you'd get in pop music every three minutes, every four minutes.

My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff.

My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you're kidding?... Noooo... as funny as that is, I'm not

Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you.

I spend way too much time on Facebook and MySpace to feel too uncomfortable at this. I like to think of the Internet as an effective way to waste time and time.

Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony.

I paint what I think, not what I see.