Nurture doubt as a creative strategy.

To be the authentic is to be detached and stand aside from oneself and the work so that the working process can take on an untrammeled life of its own. Labored self-involvement, contrivance, ulterior motives, even the extraordinary facility that one may have, must be let go.

Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking?

The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing.

Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again.

Seeing nothing one sees everything.

Dismiss thoughts of 'good, bad, right, wrong, success, failure' - be spontaneous.