“Creation is not only rare but always hazardous. Always was.”

“I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.”

“the price of creation
is never
too high.

the price of living
with other people
always
is.”

“It struck Mort with sudden, terrible poignancy that Death must be the loneliest creature in the universe. In the great party of Creation, he was always in the kitchen.”

“I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself.”

“Organization always hinges on the creation of shared meanings and shared understandings, because there have to be common reference points if people are to shape an align their activities in an organized way.”

“Wallace Hartley: “I’ve always felt that, when men are called to face death suddenly, music is are more effective in cheering them on than all the firearms in creation.””

“Your own creations are your own children; you gave life to them, so you’ll always have, if not more passion to them, more connections to them.”

“As for the Messiah, it is, like Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, one of those rare works that appeal immediately to everyone, and yet is indisputably a masterpiece of the highest order.”

“As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.”