So-called art restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.

So-called art restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.

Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words.

Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words.

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the read more

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a read more

Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a mouse waltzes.