We do not love each other without changing each other.

When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work, and so he often wrote better than he could write; Bach composed more deeply, more truly than he knew, Rembrandt's brush put more of the human spirit on canvas than Rembrandt could comprehend. When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

Great art always transcends its culture, while lesser art merely reflects it.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

There is no way that you can read the entire Bible seriously and take every word literally. Contradictions start in the first chapter of Genesis. There are two Creation stories, two stories of the making of Adam and Eve. And that is all right. The Bible is still true.