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The important test is whether you can get back up after being knocked down and risk failure again.

The journey is never over until you share what you have learned with others.

Don't let anybody tell you that there's some obstacle that you can't overcome or some dream that you cannot realize.

Don't be defined or limited by the steps you've taken in life or the degree you've chosen.

In life, you make the small decisions with your head and the big decisions with your heart.

Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world, equal to but distinct from scientific and conceptual methods.

You don't outgrow art. The same work can mean something different at each stage of your life.

The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society.

You make meaning in life through others.

There is one place you should not fail. That's with your family and your children.

A lot of people have worked awfully hard to help give you the education of a lifetime. Now it's up to you to decide what to do with it.

Find what you love, and do it. If you don't love what you're doing, you're dead.