“Please bear in mind that my observations and thoughts are the outcome ...” — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quote

“Please bear in mind that my observations and thoughts are the outcome of my own unaided impulse and curiosity alone; for, besides myself, in our town there be no philosophers who practice this art, so pray, take not amiss my poor pen and the liberty I here take in setting down my random notions.”

“In rain water, I observed a small red worm and two other kinds of very minute insects; of those of the larger size, I judged that 30,000 together would not equal a coarse sand.”

“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”

“Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.”

“Art is about changing what we see in our everyday lives and representing it in such a way that it gives us hope.”