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If I could never work again and I could just listen to music and walk, I'd be very, very happy.

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My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes.

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I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.

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I still do have the little lunch bag that my mother made out of a towel and embroidered with my name on it for when I went to kindergarten.

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My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.

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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.

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I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement.

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I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

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It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.

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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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