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

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.

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.

Your choice can either violate a spiritual principle of love or walk in it

Keep on questioning. Keep on searching.

If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.

My wife has learnt to carry me as her fifth baby

Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.

In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.

The art market is global now, and theres becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. The job is to make people laugh. I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.

My greatest life lesson has been that life can change in a second. This is why it's important to always live your best possible life and to do what you can for others.

Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.