Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it

You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.

Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.

If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.

You can't win by being more average than average.

The nature of revolutions is that they destroy the perfect and enable the impossible.

The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.