“After having everything, a rich man seeks applause and reverence, for there is guilt in his mind. The guilt of having everything in this world.”
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“Every artist complains, so it’s a dead and boring topic. (From the volume of complaints that emerges from the professional creative class, you would think these people had been sentenced to their vocations by an evil dictator, rather than having chosen their work with a free will and an open heart.) Second, of course it’s difficult to create things; if it wasn’t difficult, everyone would be doing it, and it wouldn’t be special or interesting. Third, nobody ever really listens to anybody else’s complaints, anyhow, because we’re all too focused on our own holy struggle, so basically you’re just talking to a brick wall. Fourth, and most important, you’re scaring away inspiration.
here’s a trick: Stop complaining.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
here’s a trick: Stop complaining.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“There is a great deal to be said with regard to stability in life. You reap what you sow.”
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“we shall never again try to convince a fool by reason, for it is both useless and dangerous.”
― Letters Papers from Prison
― Letters Papers from Prison
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