By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.

Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night; I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch; on Friday morning I begin, and stick to it all day, with my nose well down on the block.

A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art.

It is a curious fact that with 'Through the Looking-Glass' the faculty of making book illustrations departed from me... I have done nothing in that direction since.

I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.

There will be a future. We believe in our unreality too strongly to give it up.

A woman that is patient has the ability to endure provocation, pain, annoyance etc, with much calm and strength.

God is the Great Master.

Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve, as if to beat his uncertainty into submission.

Acceptance can bring the greatest of joys and the worst of sorrows

The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at a time.

No one ever outgrows the need for a mother's love.

I know I'm prejudiced and I know I'm bigoted in a lot of different ways.

He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.

The past has too much knowledge embedded in it, and therefore it's best to forget it and start anew.