"To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature." ― Martha Beck Topic(s): Art More From Martha Beck "The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are." "Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone." "Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you." More In Art "Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image."― Christopher Lasch "The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because we’re not pure enough, good omens appear."― Jerry Saltz "The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user."― John Tillotson