The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.
I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.
Art is the imagination at play in the field of time. Let yourself play.
We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength.
In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me.
Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.
Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite – getting something down.
At its essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.
The heart of creativity is an experience of the mystical union; the heart of the mystical union is an experience of creativity.
As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.
Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.
Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.
Your mood doesn’t really matter. Some of the best creative work gets done on the days when you feel that everything you’re doing is just plain junk.
Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It brings healing.
All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.
Creativity occurs in the moment, and in the moment we are timeless.
Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are.
We must attend to what our inner guidance is nudging us toward.
The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.
If we are forever yearning for more time, we are forever discounting what is offered.