Here is one of my favorite quotes about making art. It’s from Howard Ikemoto:

“When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, “You mean they forget?”

We do. Forget.
We grow up, and we stop taking chances.
We get busy.
We doubt ourselves.
We forget.
I think about this every week when I open the mail.
Kids send me their drawings; their art is filled with wonder and color and joy.
It’s a gift to see it.
And it reminds me not to forget.

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