Words of note for the wondering artist

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."

Andre Gide

…artists “essential effort is to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where they will end up.” 

“The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one’s own most intimate sensitivity.”

Anne Truitt