The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.

[In many circumstances,] the most important thing about a proposition is not that it be true, but that it be interesting.

Injustice is a sixth sense, and rouses all the others.

from the beginning, through the middle years and up to the end: too bad, too bad, too bad.

We see the beauty within and cannot say no.

Give me a Wildness whose glance no civilization can endure.

If a guy is a good athlete, he'll end up being a pretty decent golfer if he just takes it up. But you never master it; even the best players in the world never master the game.

I try to work all over the canvas at once, because I feel that the forces of nature are unpredictable.

Read comics. All comics. And then cut them open to steal their power.

Trust is the byproduct of integrity.