“Analogies give order to the world and solidarity. ” ~ Sarah Vowell

Photo by Dehk

“A great piece of art is composed not just of what is in the final piece, but equally important, what is not.” ~ Jim Collins

Photo by Jennifer

“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

Photo by Bujar I Gashi

“There’s no way I can pull this off.”

“Let me see if I can pull it off anyway.”

“Together these two voices (with preferably salty tongues) can give you the audacity, the tenacity, the other-cool-word-acity to do something that no sane person would ever try to do… and occasionally succeed beyond your somewhat wildish dreams.” ~ Yuri Zalkow

“You need to be more open to the complete possibility of what could be.” ~ Marco Morosini

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“There’s something about being an artist – being a musician, being a painter, being a sculptor – when you’re doing it, you’re in the exact moment of your life, and that’s rare.” ~ Herb Alpert

Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.” ~ Chuck Close

“There’s no creativity without boundaries.” ~ Lorne Michaels 

“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“As long as I can remember, I’ve been infatuated with the creative process. The act of transforming some nebulous concept from my mind to something feels like magic and still amazes me every time it happens. Whenever I get in a rut, creating something pulls me out.” ~ David Sparks