You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.
If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
You want it to be hard. If it's hard, then that means others can't do it easily and you can charge for that value.
Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.
The person who fails the most wins.
What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.