Huxley, Miller + Cassavetes

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-Aldous Huxley

You live fruitfully in tension. To create...is to be under tension. Paradise is a state of inertia where nothing happens. It is a form of death. Tension is necessary. Once it's over you drop dead in six months.
-Arthur Miller

The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things -- but above all, we must dare to fail. You must have the courage to be bad -- to be willing to risk everything to really express it all.
-John Cassavetes