We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other- the grist for each other's pearl making.

Every attempt we make is imperfect; yet each one of those imperfect attempts is an occasion for a delight unlike anything else on earth.

With too little judgement, we get trash. With too much judgement, we get blockage.

Play is the taproot from which original art springs. It is the raw stuff that the artist channels with all his learning and technique.

Creativity can replace conformity as the primary mode of social being. . . . We can cling to that which is passing, or has already passed, or we can remain accessible to-even surrender to-the creative process, without insisting that we know in advance the ultimate outcome for us, our institutions, or our planet. To accept this challenge is to cherish freedom, to embrace life, and to find meaning.

Technique itself springs from play, because we can acquire technique only by the practice of practice, by persistently experimenting and playing with our tools and testing their limits and resistances.

To create, we need both technique and freedom of technique