Collage is like a hall of mirrors. Every direction you look, you see something different and visually stimulating.

Get in touch with yourself. The fountain of creativity begins with the stream of conscious thought flowing inside you. Open the floodgate and creative ideas come rushing out.

Every human being has creative powers. You were born to create. Appreciate your inborn potential.

Color is one way the eye and the brain work together to define the external world. However, not all cultures see color in the same way, nor do they give it as much importance as in western culture.

Positive attitude accelerates your development as a creative person. Believe in yourself.

Smash creative blocks. Change the problem or sneak up on it from a different direction. Try something fresh - a new way with an old theme, a different point of view, unusual tool.

When you finish for the day, write a note reminding yourself of what you plan to do next. This helps you to remember today's great idea when you get back to work tomorrow.

Pay attention to the inner voice that tells you when something feels right. Much of your creative problem-solving occurs at an unconscious level.

Creativity needs to be exercised to grow strong.

Take imagination breaks... Relaxed attention is one of the most important states of mind for creativity, and sometimes it has to be learned.

Gather knowledge... Visit galleries, museums, art and craft fairs... Read books and magazines. Take workshops. Use your senses. Experience stimulates your memory and imagination.

People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.

The extremes of who I'd love to be onstage are David Bowie, Prince, and, I don't know, Bjork.

Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth's surface

I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones.

Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.