You want it to be hard. If it's hard, then that means others can't do it easily and you can charge for that value.

We are too focused on avoiding criticism and not enough on making a difference.

Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.

You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art.

If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?

Choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. You’re not born this way, you get this way.