We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent.

In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.

Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty.

I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish a direct relationship. A good teacher cannot be fixed in a routine, and many are just that. During teaching, each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting.

Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.