Look at your work and it tells you how it is when you hold back or when you embrace. When you are lazy, your art is lazy; when you hold back, it holds back; when you hesitate, it stands there staring, hands in its pockets. But when you commit, it comes on like blazes.
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking (ed. Image Continuum Press, 2001) - ISBN: 9780961454722