"When a painting problem crops up, don't rush to fix it. You probably already know one way to fix it, but wait for something else to show up... invite the muses to bring you a new solution."

“The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results.”

“You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I.”

“They don't encourage quality today. When I was coming along, Columbia Records would sit with you and assume it would take two or three albums to get the act where it needed to be. Then the company would structure its promotion based on one, two or three years. They encouraged quality and innovation - that's why groups like the Beatles would use sitars, string orchestras and so forth.”

“The world isn't tidy; it's a mess. I don't try to make it neat.”

“Jesse Jackson's living depends on the maintenance of an African-American victim culture”

“I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.”

“To see things in black and white is to see the basics, and I would recommend to any designer of gardens that he go out and look at his work by the light of the moon.”

Source : Eleanor Perenyi (2010). “Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden”, p.142, Modern Library

“The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.”