Art is the way of the Absolute and to the essence of human life – creative action, with sensitivity, that positive state of innocence.

Art is an expression of life and transcends both time and space.

I never wanted a job in an office or any job that I had to work eight hours a day at – day in and day out. I don’t think I could have stood it.

The true artist has no public; he works for the sheer joy of it, with an element of playfulness, of casualness.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

If you are in the now, you are creative.

If you are in the now, you are inventive.

One must not merely copy but try to convey the significance of what you see.

Art is the perfection of nature and life through the artist, who has supreme control of technique and is thereby liberated from it.

Art is really the expression of the self. The more complicated and restricted the method, the less the opportunity for the expression of one’s original sense of freedom.

Artists in all fields must learn to observe choicelessly, to digest their observations, and to express them in their work.

I’m not the type of guy who can sit in the office doing the same routine day in and day out. I have to do something that is creative and interesting to me.

True observation begins when one is devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system.

It is the creative ability of a human being that separates him from all other animals.

Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity – art has no ego rigidity.

The human soul is what interests me. I live to express myself freely in creation.

Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty.

Through art our own souls are what we must employ to give a new form and a new meaning to Nature or the world.

To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself; that, my friend, is very hard to do.

Art demands only immediate, honest and whole-hearted action.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

With adversity you are shocked to higher levels, much like a rain storm that is so violent, but yet afterwards all plant grows.

Recognizing the influence of my subconscious mind over my power of will, I shall take care to submit to it a clear and definite picture of my Major Purpose in life and all minor purposes leading to my major purpose, and I shall keep this picture constantly before my subconscious mind by repeating it daily.

There is an awareness without choice, without any demand, an awareness in which there is no anxiety; and in that state of mind there is perception. It is the perception alone that will resolve all your problems.

Don’t be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can’t turn it into a defense.

Sincere and serious learners are difficult to come by. Many of them are five minute enthusiasts, some of them come in with ill intentions, but unfortunately, most of them are second-hand artists; basically conformers.

No accidents are so unlucky but that the wise may draw some advantage from them; nor are there any so lucky but that the foolish may turn them to their own prejudice.

To realize that it’s just an inconvenience, that it is not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up.

Are you doing to make your obstacles stepping stones to your dreams, or stumbling blocks because unknowingly you let negativeness, worries, fear, etc., take you over?

When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.

Self-education makes great men.

All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.

Education consists in cultivation of intelligence 

Education: to discover but not merely to imitate.

Learning techniques without inward experiencing can only lead to superficiality.

I am constantly discovering, expanding, finding the cause of my ignorance, in martial art and especially in life. In short, to be real…

Learning is important but do not become its slave. Above all, do not harbor anything external and superfluous, the mind is the primary.

Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win. But never to accept the way to lose. To accept defeat – to learn to die – is be liberated from it.

 I never believe in large organizations, with their domestic and foreign branches, affiliations, etc.

To reach the masses, some sort of a system is required; as a result, the members are conditioned according to that system.

I believe in teaching just a few, as it requires constant alert observations on each individual in order to establish a true, direct relationship.

A child must be taught early that money is only a means, a type of usefulness, an implement. Like all instruments, it has certain purposes, but it will not do everything. One must learn how to use it, what it will do, but above all what it will not do.

Look for ways to raise the pupil’s mind above duality, to the absolute awareness which transcends it.

But then, how important is school? I barely made passing grades while attending the University of Washington.

Bear in mind that I seek neither your approval nor to influence you. So do not make up your mind as to “this is this” or “that is that”. I will be more than satisfied if you begin to learn to investigate everything yourself from now on.

What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge.

Real knowledge breeds “body feel” and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.

What is the point of education if you in yourself are not intelligent? If you are not creative?

Knowledge is of the past; learning is in the present, a constant movement, in relationship with the outward things, without the past.

To understand, surely, there must be a state of choiceless awareness in which there is no sense of comparison or condemnation, no waiting for further development on the thing we are talking about in order to agree or disagree – don’t start from a conclusion above all.