Important Stuff

"I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone.

It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite.
It's about having ears that stick out,
about breaking yet another glass.
It's about seeing something for the first time
and making a million mistakes
and not ever getting completely discouraged." -Maira Kalman

If All Else Fails

"if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON." - Maira Kalman (The Principles of Uncertainty)

And then, and then, and then...

"Flowers lead to books,



which lead to thinking,

and not thinking,

and then more flowers,

and music,

music.

Then many more flowers,

and many more books."

---Maira Kalman

Working On A Dream

"My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes. A nice pleated (green?) skirt for the occasional seaside hotel afternoon dance." -Maira Kalman (The Principles of Uncertainty)

Now That's What I'm Talkin' About!

"We could speak about the meaning of life vis-a-vis non-consequential/deontological theories, apodictic transformation schemata, the incoherence of exemplification, metaphysical realism, Cartesian interactive dualism, revised non reductive dualism, postmodernist grammatology and dicey dichotomies. But we would still be left with Nietzsche's preposterous mustache which instills great anguish and skepticism in the brain, which leads (as it did in his case) to utter madness. I suggest we go to Paris instead. " -Maira Kalma (The Principles of Uncertainty)