Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs; professionals get to work.

The thing about art is that life is in no danger of being meaningless.

The job of art is to turn time into things.

According to Mednick, after sleep, people are 33 percent more likely to be creative.

Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent.

No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.

So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?