I make hats. I'm on a hat frenzy. I'm on my eighth and I love it.
By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz.
The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.
Do something that will last and be beautiful. It doesn't have to be a bridge-or a symphony or book or a business. It could be the look in the eye of a child you raise or a simple garden you tend. Do something that will last and be beautiful.
It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's an active disengagement.
History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.
I have no further interest in the Czecho-Slovakian State, that is guaranteed. We want no Czechs
I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
Although motorcycle riding is romantic, motorcycle maintenance is purely classic.
The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance.