Chase Jarvis Quotes & Sayings

Portfolios are everything, promises are nothing. Do the work. — Chase Jarvis

Allow yourself the freedom to step away from perfection because it is only then that you can find success. — Chase Jarvis

You've heard poets talk about, poems flowing out of their bodies; painters, they get on a roll. You all have seen the musician, when they are in that state, the guitar, the piano, whatever instrument just becomes part of their body, their ego is completely gone and it is just their connection to the art, their connection to the emotions they are trying to share with the audience- that is pure flow. — Chase Jarvis

The distance between where you are now and the path you think you should be on is probably smaller than you think it is — Chase Jarvis

It's really a great asset to be willing to fail and blow it, so to speak, and to be okay with just making stuff, sharing it and getting feedback. — Chase Jarvis

I don't create art to get high dollar projects, I do high dollar projects so I can create more art. — Chase Jarvis

Overcoming fear and conceiving this 'art of more' should be a fundamental practice in what it is that you do and make. — Chase Jarvis

It's the first time in the history of the world that creatives are also distributors. And that's very profound if you think that up until the recent history, permission was required for us to be able to share work at any sort of scale. We had to get permission from galleries, from ad agencies or photo editors to be able to have our work out there. And now anybody with access to a computer can show their work in 200 countries around the world. — Chase Jarvis

Creativity is the new literacy — Chase Jarvis

The gear you can't afford is not the barrier keeping you from success. Gear has very little to do with photography. — Chase Jarvis

Art is a subset of creativity. — Chase Jarvis

The best camera, is the one that you have with you! — Chase Jarvis