So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

Dreams

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

Magic

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

Perception

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it "creative observation." Creative viewing.