Human beings want to know where things came from, how they were made, and who made them. The stories you tell about the work you do have - Austin Kleon

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” — Gustave Flaubert

You don’t want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes.

picked up in art school was learning how to take a punch. He and his fellow classmates were absolutely brutal during critiques. “We were basically trying to see if we could get each other to drop out of school.” Those vicious critiques taught him not to take criticism personally.