Art is manipulation, the management of material, the directing of fate... Who does that directing?

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control.

There are an infinite number of rewards you could bestow on yourself for working at your creative projects, and you deserve every one of them.

We have enough experiences in a day to make art for a decade.

When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.

If, because of anxiety and self-doubt, you procrastinate and only think about working, you'll feel more exhausted than if you'd created for hours.

You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But you can keep updating your plan.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.

One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Since evil is nothing positive, there can be no principle of evil. It has no meaning expect in reference to something good.

She lit my soul and inhaled deeplyFlicking my ashes occasionally.

To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water.

Everyone should have the right to join a strong union that will always have your back.

Good thing he's dead," Lula said, "or that would have hurt like the devil.

Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.

I learn so much more in an ensemble movie.

Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. God will suit His returns to our requests. Lifeless, services shall have lifeless answers. When men are dull, God will be dumb.

There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades.