“Think hard before you begin, then enter the work.”

“Work is love made plain, whether man’s work or woman’s work.”

“Everybody works . . . . That's what life is. Work and a little play and a lot of prayer.”

“A woman can't stay hard when all around her is loveliness.”

“Things that have been lost and then found are doubly precious, don't you think. People too.”

“A hard choice. Water or books. Hmm. One could always have wine instead.”

“No one but another painter could know the delicacy required to balance the complexities, to keep reality at bay in order to remain in the innermost center of his work.”