Something is born, comes into being, something that did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.

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.

Generally, the shaking is consciously felt in its positive aspects — as the wonderful new heaven and earth which love with its miracle and mystery has suddenly produced. Love is the answer, we sing. Our Western culture seems to be engaged in a romantic - albeit desperate - conspiracy to enforce the illusion that that is all there is to eros.

Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.

In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.

What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.