Arts

Talent is really the gift of love. Talent happens when you are in love with something and you devote your life to it, and it's your love of it that makes you want to keep doing it.

We are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. I am merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

Being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are. There is no choice, either you is or you ain't.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

We don't need to accept this state of affairs and all the other increasingly imposed limitations of our society without a fight.

In a society that systematically limits feelings, I hope you will not be afraid to fight for them.

Chaos is often the first step in the creative process. Don't be afraid of not knowing. The act of searching is as important as the act of finding.

The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.