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

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.

Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form.

If we operate with a belief in long sweeps of time, we build cathedrals; if we operate from fiscal quarter to fiscal quarter, we build ugly shopping malls.

If I "try" to play, I fail; if I force the play, I crush it; if I race, I trip. Any time I stiffen or brace myself against some error or problem, the very act of bracing would cause the problem to occur. The only road to strength is vulnerability.

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

The easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it.