Out of an intuitive experience of the world comes a continuous flow of novel distinctions. Purely rational understanding, on the other hand, serves to confirm old mindsets, rigid categories. Artists, who live in the same world as the rest of us, steer clear of these mindsets to make us see things anew.

When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there.

My ideas sometimes get the better of me. Before I clearly explain one, another comes to mind and seizes my attention.

Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries.

What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.

Once you've seen there is another perspective, you can never not see that there's another point of view.

Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.