Petra

“Living life as an artist is a practice.
You are either engaging in the practice
or you’re not.

It makes no sense to say you’re not good at it.
It’s like saying, “I’m not good at being a monk.”
You are either living as a monk or you’re not.

We tend to think of the artist’s work as the output.

The real work of the artist
is a way of being in the world.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

“In the search for truth man makes two steps forward and one step back. Suffering, mistakes, and weariness of life thrust them back, but the thirst for truth and stubborn will drive them on and on.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Duel

“If you think you are boring your audience, go slower not faster.”
― Gustav Mahler