A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of serial failure.
Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.
Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.
Communication is the transfer of emotion.