One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.

All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom. It is the willingness to differentiate, to move from the protecting realms of parental dependence to new levels of freedom and integration.

Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.

All our feelings, like the artist's paints and brush, are ways of communicating and sharing something meaningful from us to the world.