It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

Failure is not an option.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.