Getting started sounds so easy – but for millions of aspiring artists and creatives, the uncertainty of the path forward presents a very real challenge. So, we wanted to gather some artists and creatives we admire to open up about their experience and how they think about whether they should have started sooner or waited for a better time.

D.J. Walker

I graduated high school in 1991. I dreamt of getting into the movie business. So in the fall of that year I headed to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to attend school at the Art Institute. Read more>>

Hedyeh Falsafi

Yes, I moved from Iran to the U.S. when I was 16, and it took me some time to adjust to a different culture. I studied architecture for three years and never really took my creative side seriously until I was 22. Read more>>

Sierra Drummond

I think about this topic a lot. I’m in my late 20s, still objectively young, but this industry seemingly idolizes youth to extreme measures, qualifying, from my perspective, women’s achievements particularly by their proximity to youth. Read more>>