There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

Everything we do is music." (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33")

The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.

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.'

Everything I see is something I haven't memorized.

People who aren't artists often feel that artists are inspired. But if you work at your art you don't have time to be inspired.