Quotes that have stuck with me
Well behaved women seldom make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
I've loved this quote since I was about 10 years old and my mother got me a sign with these words to hang in my room. This quote does not only inspire me as an artist, but as an independent, single woman. Whenever I feel like I need to make myself smaller to make room for others, I remind myself of this semtiment.
K.Vieth
An excerpt from Ordinary to Extraordinary: Art and Design Problem Solving
Chapter one: Insights on the Journey of the Artist/Teacher
“The success of an artist depends on the artist knowing himself, his endurance, his budget and his time, where he is and where he wants to go”
- Samuel Adoquei
How Successful Artists Study: Effective learning ideas and knowledge for artists
"Get up girl. We've got a fight on our hands."
-Marsha P. Johnson
“You might say the core activity of both art and learning is making personally relevant connections between yourself and new things.”
- Eric Booth
"Art is not what you see, art is what you make others see."
- Edgar Degas
“Art is for EVERYBODY.”
- Keith Haring
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."
- Twyla Tharp
“She could neither read nor write, but she could paint. And she did paint: powerful women, women seeking revenge.”
- Words by Julia Pierpont speaking about Artemisia Gentileschi, the Matron Saint of Artists
“Sometimes the idea succeeds, sometimes it fails, and more often than not, it does nothing at all.”
- Austin Kleon