The difference between art and craft lies not in the tools you hold in your hands, but in the mental set that guides them. For the artisan, craft is an end in itself. For you, the artist, craft is the vehicle for expressing your vision. Craft is the visible edge of art.

Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art

Artmaking involves skills that can be learned. . . In large measure becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your work personal, and in following your own voice, which makes your work distinctive. . . Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.

Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.

Lesson for the day: vision is always ahead of execution - and it should be.

Vision, Uncertainty, and Knowledge of Materials are inevitabilities that all artists must acknowledge and learn from: vision is always ahead of execution, knowledge of materials is your contact with reality, and uncertainty is a virtue.

Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.