Bernard Black's Girl

How hard are you willing to work? Seriously? If you want something you have to be prepared to put everything you have into it. You have to be willing to push yourself harder than you ever have, go to boundaries you did not know you had, and break down walls you’ve avoided for years. Dreams work if you work. Put in the hours.

My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.

Art was a kind of demonic possession. Art would dance you to death. It would move in and take you over, and then destroy you.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.

To do? I don’t want to do anything. I want to be everything.

Relax wild one. It’s not your job to be everything everyone needs, and you don’t have to be impressive to be loved. Stop trying so hard. Just show up … and be real with the world. That is enough.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all … I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.