I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly because serious art takes so much time and energy and talent to produce-in favor of what I call `impulse art': art work that is quick and easy, at least by comparison.

Relatively few of us will find the time-or take it-to live an ever enlarging life.

Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.

Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.

Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different.

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.