I do quite a lot of art, with a small 'a'. I guess that is how I was dredged up, with paints and crayons. Even when I was at nursery, I knew instinctively how to mix colours, how to make purple or orange. Amanda Harlech artcolourcrayon share on social
Contemporary culture is like the weather - we have to be open to it. I don't like the way it is dismissed or closed down. Amanda Harlech closecontemporaryculture Change image and share on social
We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present. Amanda Harlech eyefuturemoment Change image and share on social
I am not good wife material because I'm fiercely independent and like to go off and do my own thing. Amanda Harlech fiercelygoodindependent Change image and share on social
I think I am really easygoing. Well... as I was about halfway through that sentence, I thought, 'No, actually you're really picky.' But the things I ask for are really simple to do. Amanda Harlech easygoinghalfwaypicky Change image and share on social
I think the most destructive thing is fear: when people don't want to say what they think. Amanda Harlech destructivefearpeople Change image and share on social
You know that gap between where you are and where you'd like to be? Within that gap, there is an ache and an aspirational leap, which is very good for writing. Amanda Harlech acheaspirationalgap Change image and share on social
I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never go away, and it is probably the biggest failure, and I have to live with that. Amanda Harlech bigchilddivorce share on social
At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind. Amanda Harlech absolutehearhome Change image and share on social
