Shadow conceals—light reveals. To know what to reveal and what to conceal, and in what degrees to do this, is all there is to art.

There are some things which cannot be learned, though they can be studied. Among them are the laws of art—and the lawlessness of it, as well.

A shaft of white light used properly can be far more effective than all the color in the world used indiscriminately.

The only way to succeed is to make people hate you. That way they remember you.

The finished product is not finished when the actor is. The work is completed by a pair of shears.

I'm out, surrounded in dark. But in the distance there is a small glow, a tiny light. Suddenly I'm standing alone, the space starting to brighten as the light grows.

Enthusiasm for one's goal to lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.

...while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.

Fans can't ruin shows. Only creators can.

There were only a few seats left in coach and Bob found himself seated next to a young female fan. 'I can't believe I'm sitting next to Bob Dylan!' she screamed.'Pinch yourself,' said Bob."

I'm listening to a lot of John Mayer again. I stopped listening to emotional music because I was in a really emotional place in my life.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.

I invite you to consider anew what you know and what you have; what you are here for and where you are going; and how you are going to do what you have come here to do. p 13

The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.