The artist who chooses the difficult muse; or only has a difficult muse; should not be surprised with the results.
Thereโs always tomorrow, until thereโs not.
If you think success will make you happy, you have it backwards.
If youโre not pissing someone off, you probably arenโt doing anything important.
One can be a technical master - full of craftsmanship, but not in most senses an artistic master.
How and when to try new things and to what degree are critical... Too soon and too radical a change and you may not master anything or develop a style.