In the trunk of her car, my mother used to keep a collapsible easel, a clutch of brushes, a little wooden case stocked with tubes of paint, and... →
Jill Lepore
Not long before my mother died, I found a long-lost portrait of Jane Franklin's granddaughter, Jane Flagg, aged nine - oil on canvas - in the... →
I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.
Doris Lessing
My mother died happily of a stroke in her seventies.
My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother.
I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful.
I don't know, when I was a kid, when I would see shows that changed my life, I would go to see shows where there was my mother taking us to see... →
Jared Leto
My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.
If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.
Michael Leunig
I just happen to believe that what's at stake in the early child's development is so vital and so important, and I think it is founded in the... →