“I believe that true identity is found . . . in creative activity springing from within. It is found, paradoxically, when one loses oneself. Woman can best refind herself in some kind of creative activity of her own.”

“The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own.”

“I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society.”

“Creativity requires activity…And most of us hate to do something when we can obsess about something else instead.”

“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.”

“It doesn't matter if you are not 'good' at creative activity. You do not have to be 'good' at pushups before they strengthen your arms. You have to do them to get them to strengthen your arms, and so it is with creative activities: you have to do them to exercise those parts of your brain. Those creative activities that easily integrate with daily life are best because, as with atheltic exercise programs, thoses that intrude on busy schedule are not likely to get done”