"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

"Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar."

"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."

"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."

"The distinctions of fine art bore me to death."

"The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world."

"When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job."

"Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem."