It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, 'Suppertime!'

Contempt for failure is our cardinal virtue.

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.