“Artists have a unique ability to paint the world, and to help people see injustice. They do it not with guns, but with pens and guitars and paintbrushes.”

“When you find your passion, turn a deaf ear to the naysayers and follow your dreams.”

“Spend one more day in pursuit of art that only you can produce, and somewhere, someone is envying your courage to do just that.”

“Putting our art out there is one of the biggest risks we can take. It's a special kind of vulnerability. It takes guts to be an artist.”

“I've realized I don't need to keep looking for my path. I'm already on it. I just need to trust where it leads.”

“As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpful or oppressive.”

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”

“Go outside. Dont tell anyone and dont bring your phone. Start walking and keep walking until you no longer know the road like the palm of your hand, because we walk the same roads day in and day ou...”

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”