Art is a personal act of courage.

Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.

The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity.

We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.

Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.

When your art fails, make better art.

Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We're proud of you for having them. But it's possible that those goals are designed to distract you from the thing that's really frightening you--the shift in daily habits that would mean a re-invention of how you see yourself.