"I love isolation. It's very important for me to have time and space to myself when I can sit and read or write as well as paint. It's all part of the process."

“People always ask me, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Well, I don't have an alibi.”

“Change everything except your wife and kids”

“The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey and begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road.”

“But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.”

“Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time.”

Source : "Josephine de la Baume on Mark & "Dreamcore" Style". Interview with Lauren Houssin, www.elle.com. May 16, 2011.

“I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.”

“Surrender is learning to get out of the way of what wants to happen naturally.”

“I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.”

Source : "Andie MacDowell: Taking Risks, Staying Curious, Agreeing To Disagree". HuffingtonPost Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 23, 2011.