What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people.

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within.

I never feel age... If you have creative work you don't have age or time.

It is as hard to take success as it is failure.

My husband's family was terribly refined. Within their circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven.

If you have got a living force and you're not using it, nature kicks you back. The blood boils just like you put it in a pot.

I don’t demand that all work be a masterpiece. What I am doing is the right thing for me - that is what I am and this is living. It reflects me and I reflect it.