What if you're practicing wrong? Then you get very good at doing something wrong.

Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them-and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives.

The more you move in rhythm with someone, the closer you become with that person.

How to begin the journey? You need only to take the first step. When? There is always now.

For a master, the rewards gained along the way are fine, but they are not the main reason for the journey. Ultimately the master and the master's path are one. And if the traveler is fortunate - that is, if the path is complex and profound enough - the destination is two miles farther away for every mile he or she travels.

What if you're practicing wrong? Then you get very good at doing something wrong.

Only the schools’ inefficiency can account for creativity surviving after age 25.