Early Work Quotes

Looking back at where the work began.

One artist respects a musician's early work despite never having met him personally, while a photographer notes her early portraits were often misread simply as depictions of black and brown people. Both quotes show early work being reassessed with time.


An economist recalls early work on market signaling that was later recognized with a Nobel Prize. Another creator describes being harshly criticized early on and learning to disguise her real impulses as a result.