Artwork is not thought up in consciousness and then, as a separate phase, executed by the hand. The hand surprises us creates and solves problems on its own. Often, enigmas that baffle our brains are dealt with easily, unconsciously, by the hand.

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

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

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.

An improviser does not operate from a formless vacuum, but from three billion years of organic evolution

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call.