Play, creativity, art, spontaneity, all these experiences are their own rewards and are blocked when we perform for reward or punishment, profit or loss.

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.

Sometimes it seemed difficult for the adults in Sophie's life to tell between 'carried away' and 'absolutely correct but unbelieved.

I'm electric with vertigo, even though I'm on the ground, vertigo like I felt once when I stood on the edge of a high cliff in Arizona and looked straight down.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for a while," he grunted, "It relaxes me." "It does? Oh - you're being sarcastic. That's a good sign probably.

Health begets Spirit.

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.

Every Iraqi would I know would rather have Saddam back... I mean like... that does not even take rocket science.

She didn't love him and he didn't love her; she was like an addiction, and what they were doing had a darkness to it, a weight.

We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.