If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.

All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.

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.

Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing."

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

What can we give a child when there is nothing left?