Dogs Are My Inspiration
Mainly, I like to write about dogs. I love dogs. I'm fascinated by dogs. I'm constantly amazed that dogs like people. They like us. They really like us. No other furred, feathered or finned creatures on earth love man the way dogs do.
Famous artists have been choosing dogs as their subjects for a long, long time.
Famous artists have been choosing dogs as their subjects for a long, long time.
Paintings by (upper left) Toulouse la Trec, (upper right) Andrew Wyeth, (lower left) Manet, and (lower right) Andy Warhol.
Paintings by Renoir (upper left); Picasso (upper right); Roy Lichtenstein (lower left); Norman Rockwell (lower right).
The Most Inspirational Dogs Ever (Mine)
My granddaughter Ainslee walking Sophie (left); and me dressed up like a dog at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Cody, 3, a Cairn terrier (left);
Katniss, 4mo, Cavechon—mix of Cavalier and Bichon Frise (center);
and Sophie, 12, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (right).
Other Inspirational Thoughts
- "In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned in life. It goes on." Robert Frost (1874-1963)
- "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." Henry Ford
- "The most important thing is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become." Charles DuBois
- "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." Oprah Winfrey
- "Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
- "Brevity is the sister of talent." Anton Chekhov
- "Never underestimate the warmth of a cold nose." Anonymous
- "Stories are like dog teams - they run out ahead of you and you hold on to see where you're going." -Gary Paulsen
- On Writing: "The person who says it can't be done is likely to be interrupted by somebody doing it."—Diana Arico, editor at Dial Books
