“The function of the artist,' the Navajo answered, 'is to provide what life does not.”

“The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.”

“The purpose of art is to provide what life does not.”

“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”

“To an artist a metaphor is as real as a dollar.”

“Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.”

“Whatever goes wrong can be used to your advantage, providing it goes wrong enough.”