Adversity in immunological doses has its uses; more than that crushes.

The educational aspect of art shows has become overbearing: some of exhibits can leave you bleary from trying to read the walls. Presumably a piece of art is timeless and it can say something to us. You are taking away the right of art to talk for itself.

Love makes the air light.

Russia is the only country of the world you can be homesick for while you're still in it.

Art imitates Nature in this; not to dare is to dwindle.

A photograph offers us a glimpse into the abyss of time.

Basically it's true that my own life has been my chief window for life in America, beginning with my childhood and the conflicts, the struggles, the strains that I felt in my own family.