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

Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.

Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.

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

We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to the creative experience with intensity of dedication and commitment.

Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But as art chips away at our defenses, it also opens us to healing potentialities that transcend intellectual games and ego-preserving strategies.