“We cannot expect to grow if we are too afraid or unwilling to change and face challenges. When we exit our everyday, mundane lifestyles to do something different we can experience growth, undiscove...”

“Children take joy in their work and sometimes as adults we forget that's something we should continue doing.”

“I want to know we're not pushing children toward the traditions of life, but instead cultivating them to grow in their own specific purposes, and make the dreams of their youth become realities as ...”

“I understand our mornings can be busy; however, if we cannot make time for God now, then when?”

“Forgiveness is knowing and remembering what happened, but choosing to move beyond it.”

“The greatest joy is in giving; after all, God gave Christ for us.”

“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.”

“The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism”

“I have no idea how to be an artist and a lover, so I chose the one most likely to make me happy when I'm eighty and gazing back on a long and productive life.”

“Artists strive to free this true and spontaneous self in their work. Creativity, meditation are ways of freeing an inner voice.”

“We love music deeply, but why? Put simply: music makes lives, shapes lives, expresses all shades and stages of life - and even saves lives.”

“Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.”

“Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one.”