Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time |
Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time. |
One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work. |
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint. |
Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished. |
The Abstract World of Flowers, |
The days you work are the best days |
To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage. |
When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not. |
You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare. |
You're just after something for yourself, aren't you? |