Charles Burchfield would look at what you were working on and not say anything for several minutes. Then he would very sensitively respond - "Well, have you thought about?" or "Might you consider?" I respected that so much because I thought he was so sensitive to my work, and didn't want to offend me, but in the right way to encourage me.

Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We've left the experience long behind.

At home, the radio was a big source and the classic radio programs we would listen to like Amos and Andy and whatever other ones there were.

There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around doing nothing.

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.

Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself