The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
Steven PressfieldThese scars on my body,โ Alexander declared, โwere got for you, my brothers. Every wound, as you see, is in the front. Let that man stand forth from your ranks who has bled more than I, or endured more than I for your sake. Show him to me, and I will yield to your weariness and go home.โ Not a man came forward. Instead, a great cheer arose from the army. The men begged their king to forgive them for their want of spirit and pleaded with him only to lead them forward.
Steven PressfieldThe counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
Steven PressfieldA child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. Itโs only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.
Steven Pressfield