The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDFigure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Don’t prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.
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Ignorance and arrogance are the artist’s and entrepreneur’s indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no idea how difficult her enterprise is going to be and cocky enough to believe she can pull it off anyway.”
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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are… That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity… because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know.
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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
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