The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.

To the artist, all problems of art appear uniquely personal. Well, that's understandable enough, given that not many other activities routinely call one's basic self-worth into question.

The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. To see them, you need only look at the work clearly - without judgment, without need or fear, without wishes or hopes. Without emotional expectations. Ask your work what it needs, not what you need. Then set aside your fears and listen, the way a good parent listens to a child

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.

There's generally no good reason why others should care about most of any one artist's work. The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars.

We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture.

Tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.