Quotes: Krista Tippett

"You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again."  

–– Krista Tippett (b. 1960), American journalist, author, and entrepreneur 

via: Commonplace Book 2024, p. 17.

Quotes: Chuck Close

"Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work." 

–– Chuck Close (1940-2021), American visual artist 

Source: Adam Alter. Anatomy of a Breakthrough. Toronto: Simon & Shuster, 2023; p. xix.

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

Quotes: Glennon Doyle

"Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyway." 

–– Glennon Doyle (b. 1976), American author and public speaker

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2017-2018 d, 2017, p. 21. 

Quotes: Henry Moore

"One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it." 

–– Henry Moore (1898-1986), British artist 

via: Sketchbook A, 2018, p. 55.