Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.
My brother Moses died while he was painting, and the last words he said were to the model: “Phoebe, don’t frown.” Then he died. He worked to the very last minute.
Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
To survive it is often necessary to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself.
