Plato spoke of the necessity for divine madness in the poet. It is a frightening thing to open oneself to this strange and dark side of the divine; it means letting go our sane self control, that control which gives us the illusion of safety. But safety is only an illusion, and letting it go is part of listening to the silence, and to the spirit.

Vitam impendere vero. To stake one's life for the truth.

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.

I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about.

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.

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.

That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.