I thought: 'It would be great to create a series of clothes that looked like that tree.' Clothes that gave you the green of the leaf and the warm brown of the underside of that leaf and the vanilla colored blossom.

Thou blossom bright with autumn dew,And colored with the heaven's own blue. . . .

We told him he was not to pick up a shovel and not to lift a single tree. We did allow him to supervise.

I took to heart the instructions my father drilled into my head. Respect the customer. Pay attention to her. Take her package to her car. You broke your neck to get what she wanted because you never knew when the next customer would come along.

Other than things like toothpaste, I don't buy anything that isn't sold to me.

A tree that does not blossom, will bear no fruit