Quotes: Jean-Luc Bannalec

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor." 

–– Breton proverb 

Source: Jean-Luc Bannalec. Death in Brittany. New York: Minotaur Books, 2012. 

via: Aboveground Art Supplies 2020 Knapsack Sketchbook, 2023, p. 25. 

Quotes: Susan O'Malley

"The harder road is the one that makes you." 

–– Susan O'Malley (1976-2015), American artist and curator

Source: Susan O'Malley. Advice from my 80 Year Old Self. 2016.

via: Striped notebook, 2016, p. 20. 

Quotes: Sarah Addison Allen

"She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another." 

–– Sarah Addison Allen (b. 1972), American novelist 

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2017-2018 d, 2017, p. 32.