We love ourselves a good quote and so we asked our community to share their favorite quotes and affirmations with us and we’ve highlighted some below.

Tara Niami | Cinematographer and Photographer

I love the quote from Leonard Cohen- “There’s a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.” I feel this way as an artist and as a person. It’s important to acknowledge the cracks-the challenges of the human condition, the heaviness of the world-while also seeing the light-hope, joy, beauty. Read more>> 

Lia Woods | Musician

One of my favorite quotes at the moment is from The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. She says, “Very often audacity, not talent, makes one person an artist and another a shadow artist.” To me, this is a freeing truism. Read more>> 

Aaron Denius | Author & Artist

“I Promised Me”. It’s actually a Kermit The Frog quote from the original Muppet Movie. I have it tattooed on my arm. Ironically, this quote didn’t really resonate with me until I was much older and I had reached a point in my career where I thought I was letting down the people around me. Read more>>

John Alan H. | Actor

“You should dance with the skeletons in your closet. Learn their names, So you can ask them to leave. Have coffee with your demons. Ask them important questions like, ‘what keeps you here?’ Learn what doors they keep finding open, And kick them out.” – Unknown Read more>>

CHISARAOKWU. (Chisara Asomugha, MD, MSPH, MHS)

“Be your first ‘yes.’” You want to draw that tree, do it! You want to write that novel, do it! You want to change careers in the middle of a pandemic, do it! Say “yes” to yourself; be open to the unfolding. The corollary to being your first “yes” is to never be your first “no.” Read more>>

Helen Jiayu Zhang

The quote that inspires and encourage me to create the work that I do now is by Rick Rubin in book The Creative Act: A Way of Being: “Everyone is inherently creative. To access that creativity you just need to commit to a creative practice.” In this creative period, I found myself enjoying the idea of making without thinking too much about the final production. Read more>>