You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study... Ever see one of his paintings? Neither have I. Resistance beat him. Call it overstatement but I'll say it anyway: it was easier for Hitler to start World War II than it was for him to face a blank square of canvas.
Steven PressfieldAnything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.
Steven PressfieldFear 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.
Steven PressfieldGo tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
Steven Pressfield