People should have beauty in their lives – whatever it is to that person. I like helping people get that, something that is beautiful by their own standards. I enjoy helping others experience that feeling of being rich, that can be imparted by being surrounded by beauty.

You don’t have to take what is given. For example, you buy a house, it’s already built; it’s what you are given – the house the way it is, the land the way it is. You can paint the house colors or remodel it…. You can just take whatever it is you have and make it your own in terms of beauty. Here in my house I worked for a year and a half on the inside to make it prettier and more to my liking. On the outside I added the pond. If I were younger I’d be trimming the trees, building bridges over creeks…