If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. – Kurt Vonnegut

If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. – Kurt Vonnegut

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. – Leonardo da Vinci

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. – Leonardo da Vinci

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. – Albert Einstein

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. – Albert Einstein

The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence. – Woody Allen

The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence. – Woody Allen

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. – Ansel Adams

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. – Ansel Adams