Art is an attempt to understand, yielding pleasure in the attempt whether or not we understand.

What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.

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

To the artist, the Book of Genesis is an account of six days in which God suggested some really good ideas.

There is a lesson we learn early and harmlessly, or late and traumatically - that there are things we can break that our parents can't fix.

There is always a perfectly good excuse, always a reason not to. The hardest freedom to win is the freedom from one's excuses.

In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy.