过去是一个参考的地方，而不是居住的地方。

写作的行为是对遗忘的抵抗。

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.

Sometimes the simplest melodies are the hardest to write.

We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

最难原谅的人永远是自己。

The canvas is a mirror, reflecting not just the artist's soul but the soul of society.

我喜欢修指甲，我喜欢打扮，我喜欢哪怕在闲暇时也涂唇膏穿盛装，我喜欢粉色。我相信快乐的女孩最漂亮。我相信明天的太阳是新的……我相信奇迹的存在。

Peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of justice, of law, of order—in short, of government.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.