Cassandra

“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
― Vincent Willem van Gogh

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
― Émile Zola

“An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.”
― Holly Black, Tithe