We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others.

As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life.

Improvisation can be either a last resort or an established way of evoking creativity.

The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to make something coherent from conflicting elements to fit rapidly changing settings.

A suprising number of physicians manage to continue to care about persons even after the rigors of medical training.