To see, one must go beyond the imiagination and for that one must stand absolutely still as though at the center of a leap.

Why do you not do as I do? Letting go of your thoughts as though they were the cold ashes of a long dead fire?

As McLuhan says, everything happens at once.

I was shocked at college to see one hundred of my classmates in the library all reading copies of the same book. Instead of doing as they did, I went into the stacks and read the first book written by an author whose name began with Z. I received the highest grade in the class. That convinced me that the institution was not being run correctly. I left.

The attitude I take is that everyday life is more interesting than forms of celebration, when we become aware of it. That when is when our intentions go down to zero. Then suddenly you notice that the world is magical.

I certainly had no feeling for harmony, and Schoenberg thought that that would make it impossible for me to write music. He said, 'You'll come to a wall you won't be able to get through.' So I said, 'I'll beat my head against that wall.'

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.