Eben

“Success is being able to pursue the answer to any question you have.” -Annie Lalla

How long does it take to make art? As long as it takes.

The two great sources of free energy are the sun, and exercise.

Find the hardest creative challenge you can, then do it.

It takes creativity to be productive, and productivity to be creative.

It's better to be poor and wish you were rich than it is to be rich and wish you were happy.

The price of quality is complexity.

Find yourself in the details, don’t get lost in them.

Genius and weakness are the Yin and Yang of personality.

Abstraction is discovering the One in the Many. Application is discovering the Many in the One.

The new clothes itself with the old.

We often hate what we need, and need what we hate. Remembering this helps us to integrate the shadow.

Design mimics and abstracts nature.

A blank canvas is a realm of infinite possibility.

Fetishize the emotional flavor of bittersweet. It’s how to surf and cope with the accelerating change we are careening into.

Impossible isn’t.

Learning beats winning.

“The more honest you are, the more original you are.” -Annie Lalla

Art is the highest form of communication.

"If you could choose your name, what name would you choose for yourself?" -Love