For the things that are seen are temporal, but things that are unseen are eternal.

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband.

anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.

Basically there can be no categories such as 'religious' art and 'secular' art, because all true art is incarnational, and therefore 'religious.

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

Life is not easy and comfortable, with nothing ever going wrong as long as you buy the right product. It's not true that if you have the right insurance everything is going to be fine. That's not what it's really like. Terrible things happen. And those are the things we learn from.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.