32 quotes
All it takes to uncover hidden gems is a clear eye, an open mind, and a willingness to search for inspiration in places other people aren't willing or able to go.
Show Your Work! (2014)
Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you.
Show Your Work! (2014)
Your attention is one of the most valuable things you possess, which is why everyone wants to steal it from you.
Keep Going (2019)
What you choose to pay attention to is the stuff your life and work will be made of.
Keep Going (2019)
Stick with it, maintain it, and let it change with you over time.
Show Your Work! (2014)
Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine.
Show Your Work! (2014)
Whenever you're at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, "What would make a better story?"
Steal Like an Artist (2012)
A wonderful flaw about human beings is that we're incapable of making perfect copies. Our failure to copy our heroes is where we discover where our own thing lives. That is how we evolve.
Steal Like an Artist (2012)
If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.
Steal Like an Artist (2012)
Write the kind of story you like best— write the story you want to read.
Steal Like an Artist (2012)
Yesterday's over, tomorrow may never come, there's just today and what you can do with it.
Keep Going (2019)
The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creative work, limitations mean freedom.
Steal Like an Artist (2012)
Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time. Inertia is the death of creativity. You have to stay in the groove.
Steal Like an Artist (2012)
When you feel as though you've lost or you're losing your gift, the quickest way to recover is to step outside the marketplace and make gifts.
Keep Going (2019)
The best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others.
Show Your Work! (2014)
If there was a secret formula for becoming known, I would give it to you. But there's only one not-so-secret formula that I know: Do good work and share it with people.
Steal Like an Artist (2012)
The act of sharing is one of generosity— you're putting something out there because you think it might be helpful or entertaining to someone on the other side of the screen.
Show Your Work! (2014)
The only thing we can really control is what we spend our days on. What we work on and how hard we work on it.
Keep Going (2019)
It's always a mistake to equate productivity and creativity. They are not the same. In fact, they're frequently at odds with each other: You're often most creative when you're the least productive.
Keep Going (2019)
I don't want to know how a thirty-year-old became rich and famous; I want to hear how an eighty-year-old spent her life in obscurity, kept making art, and lived a happy life.
Keep Going (2019)