Start before you’re ready. Good things happen when we start before we’re ready.

To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.

When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

It may be that the human race is not ready for freedom. The air of liberty may be too rarefied for us to breathe... The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.

The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.