I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

My Muse sits forlorn She wishes she had not been born She sits in the cold No word she says is ever told.

There can be no good art that is international. Art to be vigorous and gesund must use the material at hand.

A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make.

Christianity in the suburb is cheerful. The church is a centre of social activity and those who go to church need never be lonely.

Life may be treacherous, but you can always depend on death.

My friendships, they are a very strong part of my life, they are as light as gossamer but also they are as strong as steel. And I cannot throw them off, nor altogether do with them or without them. And I love them at the point where they say: It is nice to see you again. And I love them too at the point when they say: Good-bye, come again soon. The rhythm of friendship is a very good rhythm.