Photographer gains permission--a heart feels a heart

Photographer approached a father and son who refused to be photographed. They changed their mind after she took the time to explain that her father had profound reason to look favorably on Japanese. His father had escaped Nazi Germany on a visa issued by a Japanese diplomat.

Goal setting

"We skate to where the puck is going."--Wayne Gretsky

Art world and negative criticism

There is so much ingenious work, so much intelligence, so much dedication, and really so much high midedness in the at world that, were it shared by the rest of the world, we would have entered a golden age."--Arthur C. Danto

Quoted in his obituary, October 28, 2013, NY Times

He avoided negative criticism, which he considered cruel.

Birthdays

"Oh, I don't celebrate birthdays....we should celebrate each glad moment as it comes."

"I'll make you a glad moment cake then."

Crooked Heart, by Lissa Evans, page 239