Andy Alexis

“If you are just starting out or if you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. . . . It is only by going through a volume of work that you’re going to catch up and close that gap. And the work you’re making will be as good as your ambitions.[”
― Mariann Edgar Budde, How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”
― Martha Graham

“This is your life, he says softly. Lean into it. View your burden as a gift. It's the theme that has been given you to work with. This is the only life you'll have.”
― Mariann Edgar Budde, How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith

“I want to be among the coalition of the faithful. I want to be among those working for the change we need now.” That’s the decision with which I need to align my life every day.”
― Mariann Edgar Budde, How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith