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The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.

— Robert Fulghum It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (1988)

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I make art in and for the experience itself — to satisfy a need to express myself in a creative, colorful, non-verbal way.

Introduction to the Art gallery at his website (2006)

My convictions have validity for me because I have experimented with the compounds of ideas of others in the laboratory of my mind. And I've tested the results in the living out of my life.

Words I Wish I Wrote (1997)

They've added an important dimension to the lives of the young people of their town — that lightness of being that belongs to dancers.

Love the battle between chaos and imagination.

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door (2001)

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