You take a painting, you have a white, virginal piece of canvas that is the world of purity, and then you put your imagery on it, and you try to bring it back to the original purity.

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

It gave me great pleasure to think that I could take wood, make it good, and make people like Rockefeller buy it with paper money.

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

We must create our own world.

My mother was very sympathetic. She was the one who really gave me the courage to take my freedom.

Greatness breaks laws.