Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of great art.

Perhaps there is a minimum distance that should separate one exhibit from another... Indeed those specialized in psychophysics have actually come up with some rules.

As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can't have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees.

When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.

What is creative is the seeking of perfection - and not attaining it.

The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulants to the imagination.

In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.

Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead.

I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward itself. Hence, perhaps, the disappointment.

I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!

I always expect the worst from this evil and wicked world and am often pleasantly surprised when the worst does not come to pass, but never or rarely surprised or upset when it does.

The most successful are not the most perfect, but the imperfect who dare to believe that they can despite the damning verdict.

Emma:“He broke your heart! How can you call it love when hehurt you so badly?”Kellan:“It was lovebecause it was worth it.

This was an unpleasant trend. I didn’t want a lot of guys popping in and out of my bedroom. I wanted one who would stay.

No one is you, and that is your power.

Sunsets in themselves are generally superior to sunrises; but with the sunset we appreciate images drawn from departed peace and faded glory.

Day after day, we culture our minds with the deep silence of our own Being.

It's not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of their own, living their entire lives in the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of the parents every single day.

It is commonly believed that innovations create changes - but few ever do. Successful innovations exploit changes that have already happened.

If you will not have God (and He is a jealous God), you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin.

There he stood, in the camouflage of sun and shade, disfigured by them and masked by his own nakedness.