Nellie Mitchell

“What really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

“If something is worth dying for, then you’ve got a reason to live.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“People can understand a price tag, no matter what it’s stuck on. But some can’t understand a messier exchange of asking and giving—the gift that stays in motion.”
― Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

“Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgement difficult. — Hippocrates (460-400 B.C.)”
― David Bayles, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking