Finding your voice is one of the most important experiences you will ever have. And the process cannot be rushed. Likewise, it isn’t just something that magically “happens.” Instead, it’s both an exercise in discipline and a process of discovery that allows for—and requires—a lot of experimentation and failure. Most of the time, finding your voice

And there is no way you can get to where you want to go without making piles of work.

Keep a growing list of all the artists you find yourself wanting to mimic.

My more limited palette is one of the ways my work is consistent.

For Tharp, the blank space, and the mystery and the challenge that come with more spontaneous acts of creativity, are exciting.

Finding ways to honor, appreciate, and enjoy the tedious aspects of your work will help you enormously in your path.

In a lot of ways, I’m making these security blankets that I hope will give people a little bit of courage to do what they need to do in the world.

Carolyn Sewell is famous for saying, “Pleasing everyone is the shortcut to beige.”

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