I often think that presentations are more difficult than the work itself.

Interesting things happen when the creative impulse is cultivated with curiosity, freedom and intensity.

Try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story

Design is thinking made visual.

I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That's my intent.

Failure is built into creativity... the creative act involves this element of 'newness' and 'experimentalism,' then one must expect and accept the possibility of failure.

You know, whenever I was presented with a challenge that brought up feelings of fear or self-doubt, I almost always said, 'Yes'.

Logos are a graphic extension of the internal realities of a company.

Have you ever thought that radical ideas threaten institutions, then become institutions, and in turn reject radical ideas which threaten institutions?

Whether or not you believe in God, you can probably sign on to the idea that being kind to others is divine. Just remember to include yourself in that circle of kindness.

Simple foods connect with your body's needs in complex ways.

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

Here lay Cain's fatal mistake: "He was rejected, not because he was a sinner, but because, being a sinner, he had dared to approach a holy God without blood."

It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!

Love you always, miss you always... running day and night, leaving the place of sun and moon, of ice and snow. Never look back, never forget.

That soul that can reflect upon itself, consider itself, is more than so.

I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era of it.

The beginning of prayer is silence.

I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.