Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us. To create means to relate. The root meaning of the word art is 'to fit together' and we all do this every day.

Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.

Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous.

Flowers grow out of dark moments.

It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.

Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of.

Celebration is a kind of food we all need in our lives, and each individual brings a special recipe or offering, so that together we will make a great feast. Celebration is a human need that we must not, and can not, deny. It is richer and fuller when many work and then celebrate together.