Trudy

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“Just slap anything on when you see a blank canvas staring you in the face like some imbecile. You don't know how paralyzing that is, that stare of a blank canvas is, which says to the painter, ‘You can't do a thing’. The canvas has an idiotic stare and mesmerizes some painters so much that they turn into idiots themselves. Many painters are afraid in front of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the real, passionate painter who dares and who has broken the spell of `you can't' once and for all.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.”
― St. Catherine of Siena