Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes

Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.

Find a place that you are comfortable with. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make a lot of mistakes.

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.

My general idea about my work is that it's more about the work than the things that come with it. I am constantly striving to improve on that and find new things to do there. That journey itself is so interesting is because there's so much to do that there's no room for doubt there.

Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study.

With every project I've ever done, I've always treated it like I'm still in school. Each time you try to go a little further, get a little deeper, feel a little more, sculpt it a little better.

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

To be lost is as legitimate a part of your process as being found.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

If you don't make errors, how can you be conscious?

When we get together and rehearse, which is always living with each other, we always talk about what would make it better, what would mean more, what would say more. So we're always improving and growing.

Every time you do something, make something, it's final in a way, but it's not. It immediately raises a great set of questions. And if you become a question addict, which I am, you immediately have something you need to pursue.

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

Oftentimes the shows that don't work help you get it right.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

I'm not saying that putting on makeup will change the world or even your life, but it can be a first step in learning things about yourself you may never have discovered otherwise. At worst, you could make a big mess and have a good laugh.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make mistakes or make bad choices, but that's part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings.

I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things. Would I do it again? No. But that's part of the learning process and getting from point A to point B.

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.

I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.

Every record I do is a learning process for how I want to do the next one.

There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life.