Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Oh, a "statement' about yourself. hmmm. Try not to do this. Don't start with a picture of you with your hair blowing in the wind near the ocean side whilst you gaze off into the deep abyss. Then tell them how "as long as you can remember" since you were little, you dreamed of becoming and artist and doing what you love most. Finally, your dream has come true.Been done way too much.
I don't hang my art on the walls and I got no money for lunch meat.