"I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I’m a messenger." ― Jeff Koons Topic(s): Courage More From Jeff Koons "I think about my work every minute of the day." "I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about him very much during these times… that he can look and see my dad’s thinking about me, but to also embed in these things something that is bigger than all of us." More In Courage "Courage can’t see around corners but goes around them anyway."― Mignon McLaughlin "Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."― Mary Tyler Moore "Courage is action, not talk."― Jeff Rich