While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art must exist for you in a place beyond the judgment of others.
Faith is never a matter of can or cannot, but rather, will or will not
Flee flattery, false praise and fair weather friends
When we run ahead of God, we run into trouble.
The closer I get to God, the blacker the little sins appear
I must look past my capabilities and see God's possibilities
The thorn keeps us from over-inflating
Forgiveness is a mystical act, not a reasonable one.
In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.
A truly poetic canvas is an awakened dream.
It had never once occurred to me that the paper I wanted to work for would not want me. Certainly I never expected to be rejected solely because I was a girl!