Trust everyone, but always cut the cards.

Tough times make tough people.

I have discovered that my interest in my dear pupil, Mabel, has ripened into a far deeper feeling than that of mere friendship. In fact, I know that I have learned to love her very sincerely.

For every worm beneath the moon Draws different threads, and late and soon Spins, toiling out his own cocoon.

I like the piano - I'm always about 15 feet away from a piano.

The future is an infinite succession of presents.

The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

I don't believe in getting clothes that just look pretty or that'll fall apart—they have to stand up to a lot of abuse.

If it squirms, it's biology; if it stinks, it's chemistry; if it doesn't work, it's physics; and if you can't understand it, it's mathematics.

The holy child is waiting to be born in every instant, not just once a year.

What I've found in working less is you start to get a bit more involved in the more real politics, which is local politics that affect what's going on in your own community.

When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next.