The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThose who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.
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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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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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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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We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and we’re stuck with it.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.
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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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