Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center.

You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.

The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals.

The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery.

Treat Death as it treats us: with utter indifference.

I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode.

My grandpa and I loved Emeril. It was all he wanted to watch when he was in the hospital dying. When I met Emeril later, it was so emotional.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.