A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style.

Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.