“The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.”

“Tell me something boss. What do you think is the highest form of art?'Literature," he answered without hesitation. 'Painters and sculptors require elaborate supplies and tools. Dancers must have music. Musicians must have instruments. Literature needs nothing but a voice to speak it or sand to scrawl it in.”

“If you need me I’ll be napping in the supplies closet. The most important part of an attack is the planning.”

“The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous.”

“One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.”

“I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.”