Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it.
I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.
There are no failures, only quitters.
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It's a step process.
In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That's to have a vision and to stick with it... Once I have a vision for a new venture, I'm going to ride that vision until the wheels come off.