If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternatives.

A copying artist should get permission or pay the original artist a fee.

There’s always tomorrow, until there’s not.

Artists should be self-aware of their work and their potential places in people's lives and make their decisions accordingly.

General anxiety is the bridge between the manic joys of creation, exploration, new revelations, professional acceptance and reward, and the depression of self-critique, professional rejection and stagnation. All are part of the roller coaster ride of an artist's life.

One can be a technical master - full of craftsmanship, but not in most senses an artistic master.

If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important.