One of the most exciting parts about being an artist is watching your body of work grow. And the more - Lisa Congdon

With rare exceptions, we become who we become as artists because we are influenced by other artists, not despite that fact. No idea is completely original, and being influenced by the work of other creative people and movements is part of the process of finding your voice.

the way to develop skill is to do the same thing over and over until you are able to do it with some amount of ease.

As an artist, your goals are things like nonconformity and difference, neither of which is based on a shared set of measurable outcomes.