We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It’s nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
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I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
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The professional will not tolerate disorder… He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.
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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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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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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it 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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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