Windy Chien > Quotes

“The only one who will push you forward is you. Only your self-designed commitment will force you to do something new every day.”
― Windy Chien, The Year of Knots: Modern Projects, Inspiration, and Creative Reinvention

“SET LEARNING AS YOUR PRIMARY GOAL.”
― Windy Chien, The Year of Knots: Modern Projects, Inspiration, and Creative Reinvention

“For maximum life transformation potential, choose something to learn. The world is filled with daily art projects that faltered because the artist lost inspiration or pressured herself to reinvent the wheel every day. Nobody can paint a new Mona Lisa each morning or find fresh inspiration every single day, so don’t set that level of creative expectation for yourself.”
― Windy Chien, The Year of Knots: Modern Projects, Inspiration, and Creative Reinvention

“indeed, it didn’t feel like work at all, but a moment I had gifted myself. I knew that every single day I would learn something useful and make something beautiful.”
― Windy Chien, The Year of Knots: Modern Projects, Inspiration, and Creative Reinvention

“when unnecessary elements are stripped away, you are left with the essence of the thing. Beauty comes from that purity. The object speaks more clearly.”
― Windy Chien, The Year of Knots: Modern Projects, Inspiration, and Creative Reinvention