Teresa R. Funke, Bursts Of Brilliance For A Creative Life Blog Quotes

Putting our art out there is one of the biggest risks we can take. It's a special kind of vulnerability. It takes guts to be an artist.

Our art is never really ours. Each person who experiences it brings to it a piece of themselves and reacts to it in ways that stem from their personal struggles, beliefs, morals, and even hang-ups.

If you build a wall to separate people, there will be those who find a way around the wall, or over it, or under it, or through it. We humans are not meant to be contained, and neither are our thoughts.

As with everything else, the more we separate ourselves from each other, the weaker we become.

The best part about dreams is that, like all great stories, we get to decide the endings.

If your art is calling to you, its doing so for a reason. You are feeling a pull toward something for which your soul is yearning.

As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpful or oppressive.

Never let your goals or convictions get in the way of living your life. It's not about who dies with more, it's about who lived the most.

It's ever so fun and fulfilling to be clever, but more lasting and effective to be consistent.

I've realized I don't need to keep looking for my path. I'm already on it. I just need to trust where it leads.