THE ART OF THE CONTROLLED ACCIDENT

You see, the element in an artist which differentiates a very competent technician from an inspired master is that an inspired master is first of all a competent technician, and then he lets go of himself and allows things to happen beyond his control. But he introduces the elements beyond his control into the context that he has under control. So he can show you something that is a mess but he'll put it in a context that makes it look marvelous.

Alan Watts, from a seminar at University of Michigan, 1965