One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.

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

Creativity is a yearning for immortality

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.

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