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.

Our internal artist is always our creative child.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

Serious art is born from serious play.

In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me.

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.

As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.