Okay, so you’ve got this...

"Okay, so you’ve got this many grants, you’ve got this long a resume, you have these people that hate you, you have these people that love you, you’ve done this piece, that piece, this piece, that piece…The only reason for doing it is that you might have the joy of discovery on a day-to-day level. The only reason for doing it is really that you love doing it. What it gets down to is: how do you want to spend your time on Earth?"
~Meredith Monk, from "Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art & Politics"

(Thanks to my friend Leah for this quote)