The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage.

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control.

There are an infinite number of rewards you could bestow on yourself for working at your creative projects, and you deserve every one of them.

We have enough experiences in a day to make art for a decade.

When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.

If, because of anxiety and self-doubt, you procrastinate and only think about working, you'll feel more exhausted than if you'd created for hours.

You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But you can keep updating your plan.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.

One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.

I don't see, ' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion.

His leaving had been like snipping off the end of a rope - leaving two unraveling strands.

Hope is the foundation for which all successful goals are built upon.

Personal value is the kind of value we receive from being active instead of passive, creative instead of consumptive.

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

I have never sought the reason why I write.

Ummm…” She licked her lips. “Define fun.” “Quit doing that, jailbait. It’s distracting.

What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong.

There's a million reasons why I should give you up. But the heart wants what it wants.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for diner or coffee. And it has been like that form the beginning.