Keelan

“Art is a high calling – fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance to deadlines, irritation with materials or surroundings, distraction over the achievements of others – indeed as anything that keeps you from giving your work your best shot. What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears, continue; those who don't, quit.”
― David Bayles, Art and Fear

“It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.”
― Sally Kempton

“Wherever we find monsters, there, too, we also find heroes.”
― Stephen T. Asma, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby