Play, intrinsically rewarding, doesn't cost anything; as soon as you put a price on it, it becomes, to some extent, not play.

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

Looking at the creative process is like looking into a crystal: no matter which facet we gaze into, we see all the others reflected.

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

Mastery means responsibility, ability to respond in real time to the need of the moment. Intuitive or inspired living means not just passively hearing the voice, but acting on it.

I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument, but rather of keeping an open and unrestricted pathway for the creative impulse to play its music straight from the preconscious depths beneath and beyond me.

The conception, composition, practice, and performance of a piece of music can blossom in a single moment.