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Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself

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It was only when I got to high school and was in the art program that my artistic talent was recognized. The art program was directed by a wonderful and a very important person in my life - Charlotte Ranger, who was referred to as Mrs. Ranger. She had been teaching in the school for many years.
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When knowledge is scant or conflicting, folklore takes over.
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Even today, the bigger the city, the better. That's why I live in New York.
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I think there were some programs but in those days art programs were kind of basic. You would do drawing and simple collage type work. But at home I was beginning to get interested in doing my own thing as well. I'm not sure what inspired this, but I became very interested in decorating things.
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We've got a nation of people who have one eye looking out for the next speed camera, another looking for a speed limit sign and another looking at the speedometer - which is a bit of a shame, when you only have two eyes.
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It was mainly a growing farm, although we did have chickens and a few animals, but I did help to some degree with that. I have to say that it was not my favorite association.I did what I was asked to do.
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Upon graduation, in the yearbook I was voted Most likely to succeed. which I know was credited to my artistic achievements.
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Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be
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Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We've left the experience long behind.
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Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently.
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Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.
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I was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another, not realizing what it was all about.
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I was always busy doing something, being an only child.
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The class situation [at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint or draw. The faculty was roving to give opinions or help out technically, which all the faculty did very well.
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I was painting furniture, learning to stencil, and explore all kinds of traditional techniques of decoration. I learned from books that I picked up.
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Charles Burchfield would look at what you were working on and not say anything for several minutes. Then he would very sensitively respond - Well, have you thought about? or Might you consider? I respected that so much because I thought he was so sensitive to my work, and didn't want to offend me, but in the right way to encourage me.
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When life closes a door, God opens a window.
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Great stories happen all around you every day. At the time they’re happening, you don’t think of them as stories. You probably don’t think about them at all. You experience them. You enjoy them. You learn from them. You’re inspired by them. They only become stories if someone is wise enough to share them. That’s when a story is born.
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My parents' names were Florian and Mabel Smith. My mother's maiden name was Dersam. They were of German heritage and were part of a family community with my grandparents and uncles and relatives. I was an only child.
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Maybe that's what I've based my career on: getting up earlier than everyone else so I get an extra couple of hours.
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