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“I was the Playmate editor for 'Playboy' for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that, from picking the girls to designing the sets to picking the wardrobe, coming up with themes, assigning the photographer, down to editing the photos and approving the retouching.”
Source : "Oregon's own reality star Holly Madison talks about 'Dancing'". Interview with Jake Ten Pas, www.oregonlive.com. March 20, 2009. 
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“I wear myself out trying to render the orange trees so that they're not stiff but like those I saw by Botticelli in Florence. It's a dream that won't come true.”
Source : Anne Higonnet, Berthe Morisot (1995). “Berthe Morisot”, p.199, Univ of California Press
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“I've yet to meet a person in my life who doesn't have some moral ambiguity.”
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“It was the only thing I had to do. I worked to get rid of the time, even now I work for something to do. Painting is a wonderful way of getting rid of the days.”
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“Tis better to have love and lust Than to let our apparatus rust.”
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“Obsessive devotion to creating can spark that which is called 'genius.' Smarter or more gifted? The 'madness' is the insatiable drive to discover, achieve and create. Monomania can develop into 'genius,' as the individual delves deeper into the process leaving normal parameters behind.”
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“Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.”
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“We Americans are lucky to live in a country with a history full of noble ideas, great leaders, and awe-inspiring accomplishments. Sadly, many of our elites want no part of it.”
Source : "Spurning America" by Michael Barone, www.realclearpolitics.com. October 17, 2005.
