Don’t try to change them ... unless they asked you to. - Derek Sivers

skip the art career and just do the art.

Heaven is not what’s at the end of the path.
Heaven is the path itself. Doing whatever you want, at every moment, is how to live.

Most people don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing. They imitate others, go with the flow, and follow paths without making their own. They spend decades in pursuit of something that someone convinced them they should want, without realizing that it won’t make them happy.