"Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish."


John Jakes

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Muhammad Ali

"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."
Oscar Wilde

"I will not die an unlived life, I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.  I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.  I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit."  Dawna Markova

*”Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Steve Jobs

"You've got to find what you love and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers.  Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truely satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do Great Work is to love what you do."  Steve Jobs

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
John F. Kennedy

"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable.  But to grow up is to accept vulnerability...To be alive is to be vulnerable."

Madeleine L'Engle

So I met this amazing 2d Artist Paul Flack while doing the Midtown Pop Up Shop and fell in love with so many of his works.  See below for the artwork and quote directly from his website.