We only appreciate what we have when we lose it.

You would give your life for your little baby. It's not the same when you are in a sexual relationship unless you feel that you are loved as you love.

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.

I carry around a little stool to stand on when people want a picture with their cellular phones.

I seek truth and beauty in the transparency of an autumn leaf, in the perfect form of a seashell on the beach, in the curve of a woman's back, in the texture of an ancient tree trunk, but also in the elusive forms of reality.

Be careful what you ask of Heaven; it might be granted.