Not everybody will get it. People will misinterpret you and what you do. They might even call you names. So get comfortable with being misunderstood, disparaged, or ignored -- the trick is to be too busy doing your work to care.

The only way to find your voice is to use it

Inertia is the death of creativity

Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they'll have a lot to show you.

Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)

What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.

Don't worry about doing research. Just search.