The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.
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The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
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The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn’t talk about it. She does her work.
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Don’t prepare, do. Don’t let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
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Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential… Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.
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When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen… Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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