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.

Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?

I find in old age that it's possible to revisit the past, the one requirement being that you come as you are.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.

Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken.

We lack resolve and blame fate, mistaking the drift for the tides.

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