“Life is about moving, its about change. And when things stop doing that theyre dead.”

“Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and youll find out how big a prize youve won.”

“You dont get lucky without preparation, and theres no sense in being prepared if youre not open to the possibility of a glorious accident.”

“Heres how I learned to improvise: I played some music in the studio and I started to move. It sounds obvious, but I wonder how many people, whatever their medium, appreciate the gift of improvisati...”

“Creativity is an act of defiance.”

“If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism”

“I have no idea how to be an artist and a lover, so I chose the one most likely to make me happy when I'm eighty and gazing back on a long and productive life.”

“Artists strive to free this true and spontaneous self in their work. Creativity, meditation are ways of freeing an inner voice.”

“When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth ...”

“Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.”

“My life will be the best illustration of all my work.”