“try to picture yourself becoming more like this—like Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill only to see it fall back down, knowing you will do this for eternity. Learn to work without hope of reward. That is, learn to… — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“Play and experimentation loosens our grip on life and allows for more chance luck to surprise us.” — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“Though it sounds vulgar, selling something that should be a gift is precisely what prostitution is.” — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“Don’t let your day job take over your life simply because it has a more immediate payoff.” — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“[Henson:] I didn’t call him a frog. [Interviewer:] Right, he was just Kermit the thing. [Henson:] Yeah, all the characters in those days were… — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“We intuitively reject art when the cost to make it is less than the cost to buy it.” — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“try to picture yourself becoming more like this—like Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill only to see it fall back down, knowing you… — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“The feeling of accomplishment is more real and satisfying than finishing a good meal or looking at one’s accumulated wealth.”[28]” — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“Don’t listen to your friends who tell you they like leaving their work at work. They don’t have the same dream you do. They… — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“What ambitious story could you turn your life into? You can’t start over. You have to use only what’s in the toolbox—and make art… — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
“For art to truly affect us, it needs to be, in a sense, “given.” — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image