The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
Steven PressfieldA horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.
Steven PressfieldResistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength 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 PressfieldThat’s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some of them, conduct themselves flamboyantly in public. But alone with the work they are chaste and humble. They know they are not the source of the creations they bring into being. They only facilitate. They carry. They are the willing and skilled instruments of the gods and goddesses they serve.
Steven Pressfield