Art is an investigation.

When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.

I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.