In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

The creative process must be explored... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves.

This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.

Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.

Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.