Making the time and spending the money to go to inspiring places — often, to me, seeing the work of other creative people — gives me a kind of permission to open the window to my own creativity.

Creative people who are confident enough to COMMIT to their creativity… Creative people who make no excuses for their own work and unique vision… Creative people who do not apologize for being “weird” because they’re not being “weird,” they’re being visionary. Creative people who invest in their craft and do not squander their talents under the struggle against the oppression of the way things are… they respect themselves and their vision. They respect themselves and their efforts.