“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.”

“Whether the changes that are coming in your life will be unexpected or determined by your choices and actions, the wheels are in motion. The adventure has just begun.”

“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.”

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“As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpful or oppressive.”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

“I guess thats how well you know me. You think I like hearing this news.Im sorry. This is selfish. I just need to tell someone outside my life. Get it out of myhead, to keep from going nuts, but so...”

“To understand the truth of everything,it took guts more than simply thinking.”

“We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up.”