Rather Grand

"When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful."

~ Barbara Bloom

"Amateur is a great word. It's meaning: For the love of it."

{~Also Barbara Bloom, but may be slightly paraphrased}

{Barbara Bloom Podcast:- Scenes from a marriage: Have Art and Theory Drifted Apart?}