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“We’ve got to get past a lot of nasty American cultural crap that stands in the way of giving ourselves permission to lean our full body weight in the direction of our art. We have to silence the voices that want immediate money, success, or celebrity—instant results, in other words—and keep them away from our creative efforts. Loving our art is reason enough for doing it. We don’t have to explain, we don’t have to justify. As Paulo Coelho writes in The Alchemist, “No reason is needed for loving.”
― JoAnneh Nagler, How to Be an Artist Without Losing Your Mind, Your Shirt, Or Your Creative Compass: A Practical Guide