Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.

The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.

You have never tasted freedom, friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.

We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in.

Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.

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