Amy Sherald Quotes

I always try and decide what I'm interested in, and I just do that.

I have to do a show which is of interest to me, or else I'm lost.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.

I only do what I like to do.

It's just weird that for some people, art is a luxury. My parents had no artistic outlet. Some people pass down music to their kids, but I couldn't tell you what my mom's or dad's favorite song is. So when I started going out into the world, I was drawn to people who knew about movies, art, even fashion.

The talent that has to be learned is finding out what someone's passion is and setting them up to realize that. You don't get the best work from people if you're guiding them versus them guiding themselves.

I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do.

I just follow the subjects I'm interested in.

There are no fixed notions on what I should pick up or follow, it has to first appeal to me.

I don't really try to pattern myself after any particular person. I pretty much make it up as I go along.

I'm just going to keep trying to write music for me because that's what got me here.

We learn best when we're intrinsically motivated - that is, when we try something new for the sheer enjoyment of the experience.

My career direction has probably been guided as much by curiosity and my personality as by my early influences.

I'm a believer that players are good self-directors, and I think one thing that's good about video games is they can direct their own experience.

I discover a lot of things on my own.

I don't get competitive, really. So I don't know. If I'm excited about something, hopefully someone will think, "Oh right, you should do this." And that's great. I'm not being very articulate about this. I just don't want to do stuff if I'm going to feel bummed out and uninspired.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

I pursue the things I do because I'm interested in them.

The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire . . . The boy, like the man, studies because he desires it. He proceeds upon a plan of is own invention, or by which, by adopting, he has made his own. Everything bespeaks independence and inequality.

I have learned to walk: ever since, I let myself run. I have learned to fly: ever since, I do not want to be pushed before moving along.

Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.

But what I do I do because I like to do.

If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.