“When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.” FeelsArtistMagicStupidLegitimacyWandsMagic WandsHandmade Author:Amanda Palmer
“The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like Im in the middle of a battlefield.” FeelingsChallengesMiddleBalanceFulfilledOverwhelmedBattlefieldsFeeling Overwhelmed Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.” ThinkingArtSoundSimplePerformancesPerformance Art Author:Amanda Palmer
“Meditation, especially for people who dont know very much about it and think its this very hippy dippy thing, can really be powerful, terrifying even, as it lifts the rug up on your subconscious and the dust comes flying out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPowerfulMeditationFlyingDustLiftsSubconscious Author:Amanda Palmer
“There's a huge cloud of shame around art and business being seen as bedfellows.” ArtHugeShameCloudsBedfellows Author:Amanda Palmer
“Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen.” FeelsKindRealHappensThings HappenReal ThingsUnreal Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think to say that meditation is helpful to artists is true and it's great, but it's also essentially helpful to any kind of process of, just, life.” ThinkingKindArtistProcessMeditationHelpful Author:Amanda Palmer
“If you want the world to pay for projects, you have to be able to display why you're worthy.” IfsWorldWantAblePayProjectsWorthyDisplay Author:Amanda Palmer
“I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.” CareersJourneyFlamesControversy Author:Amanda Palmer