Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.

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

The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.

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.

Forge in the smithy of your soul.

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.

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.