Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

The opposite of fear is love - love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.

The professional dedicates himself to mastering technique not because he believes technique is a substitute for inspiration but because he wants to be in possession of the full arsenal of skills when inspiration does come. The professional is sly. He knows that by toiling beside the front door of technique, he leaves room for genius to enter by the back.

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.