“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”

“Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn't bother to torture you if she didn't. ”

“Angel says that rich people don't like to tolerate much. Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely....”

“Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother.”

“All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.”

“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”