“I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.”

“Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.”

“The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.”

“I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.”

“I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.”