Would there be any truth in saying that psychology was created by the sophists to sow distrust between man and his world?

All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.

Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement.

The least touchable object in the world is the eye.

Now equilibrium is the very opposite of disorder.

The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.

Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.

The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.

Every act is a visual judgement.

Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors.

Order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order.

You may have read the poetry, but you haven't lived it. And that's what makes the difference.

Deal with people from whom you can learn

There's no solution to life, there's going to be problems no matter what.

Comedy is what keeps us alive.

Everything is a gift of the universe -even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.

The water's always changing, always flowing. But people, I guess, can't live like that

The fears you don’t face control you. The fears you face, you move beyond.

. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.