I was engaged in all the required courses of math and geometry, but the area that I blossomed in was the art program.

I developed friends in the community that were in walking distance or a bicycle ride away, so that I socialized and did a lot of things that children do in their early years.

Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently.

When life closes a door, God opens a window.

There's always an important person who helps support your interests and encourages you.

Maybe that's what I've based my career on: getting up earlier than everyone else so I get an extra couple of hours.

I think there were some programs but in those days art programs were kind of basic. You would do drawing and simple collage type work. But at home I was beginning to get interested in doing my own thing as well. I'm not sure what inspired this, but I became very interested in decorating things.