The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors.

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.

My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind.

God gives us life and takes us away as He sees fit.

We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.