When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.

When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.

Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.