Capucci was the biggest schooling I had. It wasnt just about the technical knowledge, such as color and volume, but also about the secret rules, and the beautiful codes of respect between the atelier and the master. – Giambattista Valli
Ive never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didnt have the right attitude, didnt give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it wasnt prepared and didnt have the whole program worked out. – Ted Turner
In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow – and trust – the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction. – Mary Augusta Ward
The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French b