Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.

Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.

Go out and walk. That is the glory of life.

Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.

The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.

You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.

On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.