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.

Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.

One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.

Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.

If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.

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

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.