Every moment of life is unique-a kiss, a sunset, a dance, a joke. None will ever recur in quite the same way. Each happens only once in the history of the universe.

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

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

The easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it.

Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

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

To do anything artistically you have to acquire technique, but create through your technique and not with it.

Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh.

Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery.

Every conversation is a form of Jazz. The activity of instantaneous creation is as ordinary to us as breathing.

Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow. Isn't that the way it works?

He's mad at me.""For what?""For not being like him."Eleanor looked dubious. "Has he been mad at you for the last sixteen years?""Basically.

Once you see the good in someone, it’s hard not to notice the good in everyone.

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability ... it is energy.

It comes out so quietly that I have to ask her to repeat it: “It’s just that I thought maybe you were married to me.

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

a labor victory must be economic and it must be revolutionizing.

I like to challenge myself and I like to try new things.

A sewer is a cynic. It tells All.

It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.