What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. - Austin Kleon

If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.

Leia sempre. Vá à biblioteca. Há magia em estar rodeado de livros. Perca-se pelas estantes. Leia bibliografias. O negócio não é o livro com o qual você começa, mas o livro ao qual aquele livro te levará.

People need to eat and pay the rent. “An amateur is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint,” said artist Ben Shahn. “A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.” Whether an artist makes money off his work or not, money has to come from somewhere, be it a day job, a wealthy spouse, a trust fund, an arts grant, or a patron.