In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.
Playful arising is authorized by both risk and trust in the process and in oneself. To be truly playful and improvisational one must not look for results.
Representational painters: place your works in a larger context. Give your work not only breadth but breath. Do not 'copy' what you see outwardly but give it 'spirit.
Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking?
Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts.
Nurture doubt as a creative strategy.
Dismiss thoughts of 'good, bad, right, wrong, success, failure' - be spontaneous.
KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.
I'm singing. I'm a singer!
Confession: When I went to see The Empire Strikes Back I found myself glancing at my watch. The Force is with us, indeed, and a lot of it is hot air. It's a measure of my mixed feelings about The Empire Strikes Back that I'm not at all sure that I understand the plot. The Empire Strikes Back is about as personal as a Christmas card from a bank.
In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.