Necessity of Risk in Good Art

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark. – Agnes De Mille


“We’ve all heard that the unexamined life is not worth living, but consider too that the unlived life is not worth examining. The success of a creative recovery hinges on our ability to move out of our head and into action. This brings us squarely to risk. Most of us are skilled speculators on the probable pain of self-exposure…safety is a very expensive illusion.” – Julia cameron