Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself

You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly.

Charles Burchfield was exceptional. As such an accomplished artist, he had limited previous association with academia and teaching.

Great stories happen all around you every day. At the time they’re happening, you don’t think of them as stories. You probably don’t think about them at all. You experience them. You enjoy them. You learn from them. You’re inspired by them. They only become stories if someone is wise enough to share them. That’s when a story is born.

I learned from books that I picked up. That was something that just came out of nowhere but continued to be an attraction. So there was a continuum of my interest in the arts and involvement in creating that was strong enough that it later blossomed into much more.

People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.

I know that I was conscious of all the aspects of the war, having had cousins who were in the army, who would send me notes and memorabilia. I began to collect things that they would send me.