Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.

We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

You have to find a group that really desperately cares about what it is you have to say. Talk to them. They have something I call otaku. It's a great Japanese word. It describes the desire of someone who's obsessed to, say, drive across Tokyo to try a new Ramen noodle place 'cause that's what they do, they get obsessed with it.

Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter.

I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.

Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for the better.

Think big. Start small.