Artistic symbols and myths speak out of the primordial, preconscious realm of the mind which is powerful and chaotic. Both symbol and myth are ways of bringing order and form into this chaos.

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

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.

Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.

The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.