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The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don’t believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life.

Steven Pressfield

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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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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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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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
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Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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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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The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He’s petrified.
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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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