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.

No matter how individual we humans are, we are a composite of everything we are aware of. We are a mirror of our times.

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

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.

A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that difference.

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

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.