The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Only the educated are free.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question.