Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children.

An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first thoughts.

If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.

Enjoy things even when you’re screwing up.

In a normal education everything is designed to suppress spontaneity, but I wanted to develop it.

Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is true of all of the rest of us. Striving after originality takes you far away from your true self, and makes your work mediocre.

Very hard to get an audience. So if you're going to fill the theatre, you can't just rely on old stuff.