Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center.

The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery.

In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.

Practical! On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything. What's up?

The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising.

The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched arm always pointed south.

Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land.