Vincent van Gogh

“I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.”

Vincent van Gogh (b. 1853 – d. 1890)

Misty Copeland

“I knew that I just didn’t have it in me to give up, even if I sometimes felt like a fool for continuing to believe.”

Misty Copeland (b. September 10, 1982)

“So much of writing is like walking down a dark hallway with your arms out in front of you. You bump into a lot of things.”

Kate DiCamillo (b. March 25, 1964)

“Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”

A. A. Milne (b. January 18, 1882 – d. January 31, 1956)

“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.”

E.B. White (b. July 11, 1899 – d. October 1, 1985)

“It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.”

Ursula K. Le Guin (b. October 21, 1929 – d. January 22, 2018)

“You have to write the book that wants to be written.

And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L’Engle (b. 1918 – d. 2007)