“Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.”— Keith Harding, lettersofnote.comTagged: Creative Encouragement
“I have much confidence in you and even though you are tormenting yourself, the work you do is very good. Try to do some BAD work — the worst you can think of and see what happens but mainly relax and let everything go to hell — you are not responsible for the world — you are only responsible for you…”— Sol LeWitt, lettersofnote.comTagged: Creative Encouragement
“To Whom it May Inspire, I, like many of you artists out there, constantly shift between two states. The first (and far more preferable of the two) is white-hot, "in the zone" seat-of-the-pants, firing on all cylinders creative mode. This is when you lay your pen down and the ideas pour out like wine…”— Austin Madison, lettersofnote.comTagged: Creative Encouragement
“You've got to sell your heart, your strongest reactions, not the little minor things that only touch you lightly, the little experiences that you might tell at dinner. This is especially true when you begin to write, when you have not yet developed the tricks of interesting people on paper, when you…”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, lettersofnote.comTagged: Creative Encouragement