We wanted to live with our art. But the pleasure is not from owning the objects. The pleasure and the satisfaction come from using the objects to glean an understanding of a culture and a society so many years ago.

There had to be maximum wall space in order to display the art as well as Roy's collection of rare books, because we both wanted to live with the art. He also has a large collection of Western paintings and I have a lot of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. You have to blend those two styles together and also blend the household furnishings.

The essence of all art is having pleasure giving pleasure

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

Although she gets a particular pleasure from portrait and reverse-glass painting, Jackie has recently added miniature art to her list of accomplishments.

The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.