Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life.

There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream.

From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.

Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom.

Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.

The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be.

There is no nobler profession, nor no greater calling, than to be among those unheralded many who gave and give their lives to the preservation of human knowledge, passed with commitment and care from one generation to the next.