If you hear a voice within you saying, “You are not a painter,” then by all means paint, boy, and that voice will be silenced.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

You live out the confusions until they become clear.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

"Enough" is a feast.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

If you wake up and the day feels broken, just lean into the crack.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.