There is always, in the fine arts, a physical interface between the artist's esthetic vision and the material result he seeks. The interface may be the application of brush to canvas, chisel to marble, bow to string... It may be the control of voice in song or the control of body in dance. It is the mastery of the interface that comprises the artistry; it is what constitutes the 'art' in fine art.

Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand.

I don't hate anyone. The only people I know well enough to hate, I love.

The world knows how to straighten out a spoiled child but never makes it up to a child deprived.

We envy others, for we see their lives in broad outline, while forced to live ours in every detail.

I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.

It is not happiness until you capture it and store it out of the reach of time.