A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The clothes may vary, but the person is the same.

Harmony is everything, your central nervous system can bear witness to that in every area of your life...if you let your soul step to the open MIC!

Unhappiness is the resultant of what you desire and happiness of what you don't.

I had to get healthy for a period in my life, so I learned a lot about food and diet.

Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit.

The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. That's why they call it artWORK!

I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude