Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

It is the use of creativity which heals the creative wound.

A sketch book freezes time. It is an instantaneous form of meditation focusing us on the worth of every passing moment.

Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living.