I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation.

Now and then it's good to list all the things you regularly do for which there was once a good reason.

Every day I go forth to seek my identity, feeling greatly blessed by the things I don't find it in.

A painting is what you make of it, besides which, 'Moon, Weeping' has a better ring to it than 'Paintbrush, Dripping.

Lovers needn't always agree, anymore than poetry need always rhyme.

In the realist, you have the sorry sight of the five senses deprived of their imagination.

Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.