All paths cause pain, so to chose the safe over the audacious will not give you less pain, only less beauty.

The element of obsession is terribly important for an artist.

People are judged continuously everywhere on the most intimate level by the prices on their head. Most of them accept the judgment. It's very hard to have self-respect, or to maintain a state of creativity under these conditions.

It may be that it is not given to us to know when we are angels. We may only be given to know when others are. This may be one of the reasons we need each other so.

The world of psychology and the world of normal life tends to look down on obsession. It's not good for you, and certainly not good for your relationships. It's not good for a lot of things, but it's the only way to make a work of art.

Stop tolerating in your leaders what you would not tolerate in your friends.

My spirit life is also the medium in which I live. It's not something that comes and goes. Without one the other wouldn't exist.