If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

But where, after we have made the great decision to leave the security of childhood and move on into the vastness of maturity, does anybody ever feel completely at home?

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

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.