Do you have a favorite dialogue, lyric, quote or affirmation?  Please share with us below.

Cynthia J. Villa | Poet

Yes, I do. It is a quote by Andy Warhol that says, “Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” Read more>>

Maddi Mae | Musician & Music Educator

When folks consult me about their music and careers, I have plenty of technical advice to share about musicianship and career management. But if I were limited to share only one affirmation with a peer, it’d be this one: “Treat yourself like a friend.” Read more>>

Wade Wilson | Actor and Author

In 2011 I started writing my first poetry book If Oprah Could Hear My Words: A Journey Through Life. One of the first pieces I completed for the collection is entitled “Affirmation”. Read more>>

Izaskun Zabala | Jeweler and Hand Reader

“EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON” This affirmation became my main mantra when I left home at age nineteen. From the Basque country I moved to Dublin, Ireland, and then New York City. Read more>>

Denny Pascasio | Artist & Designer

I’d have to say a favorite quote that has been throughly resonating with me recently, is one from the great Jeff Koons. “…Be at the Service of your work.” Read more>>

Herbert Zhu | Filmmaker

“To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did”. ― José N. Harris. Most of the time we do things we are familiar or comfortable with, but trying something we never did will push us to another level, or make us even better. Read more>>

salma hodhod | Creative Director & Designer

My favorite affirmation to tell my self is, “Put your horse blinders on” and “me vs me”. These have kept me aligned for the last 2 years. Sometimes we get lost in the sauce and look at what everyone else has accomplished and what they are doing/who they are doing it with. Read more>>

Michael Hsiung | Self taught artist, drawer, doodler

A favorite quote or affirmation I have basically comes from the title of Megadeth’s 1988 album –”So Far, So Good, So What.” It’s a quote that a guy in my elementary school used in our yearbook and has come to mean various things for me in life. Read more>>

Ariel Molina | Freelance Artist & Illustrator

Richard Feynman, a pioneering quantum physicist, in his lectures titled “QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter,” stated once, “The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes Nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with experiment. So I hope you can accept Nature as She is — absurd.” Read more>>

Joe O’Neill | visual artist/painter

“To Paint is to Love Again” -Henry Miller From the moment I first read this line iv’e loved it. The rollercoaster love can be- Joy, happiness, connection, disagreement, heartbreak, all of it. Read more>>

Jeff Zhorne | Grief Counselor

“People don’t care what you know until they know that you care.” After losing two children in a tragic auto accident in southwestern England, I was devastated and without hope. I languished in misery for more than 2 years. Read more>>