“The public is a great actuality, like war. If you are a creative and creating artist, you cannot ignore it, though it can ignore you.”

“If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.”

“It is not enough that you understand in what ignorance man and beast live; you must also have and acquire the will to ignorance. You need to grasp that without this kind of ignorance life itself would be impossible, that it is a condition under which alone the living thing can preserve itself and prosper: a great, firm dome of ignorance must encompass you.”

“The great thing about being ignored is that you can speak the truth with impunity.”

“Those who speak in spiritual terms routinely refer to God as creator but seldom see "creator" as the literal term for "artist". I am suggesting you take the term "creator" quite literally. You are seeking to forge a creative alliance, artist-to-artist with the Great Creator. Accepting this concept can greatly expand your creative possibilities.”

“We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.”