When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe professional will not tolerate disorder… He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
-
-
In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
The amateur tweets. The pro works.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD -
The 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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELD