The Ends Do Not Justify The Means

You Must Realize That What You Are Cannot Be Seen In A Mirror. What You See In A Mirror Is But A Dim Reflection Of Your True Reality.

The Only Purpose Of Starting Is To Finish, And While The Projects We Do Are Never Really Finished, They Must Ship.

We Can't Suddenly Quit A Job And Then Race To Find A Form Of Art That Will Pay Off Before The Next Mortgage Payment Is Due. Creating Art Is A Habit, One That We Practice Daily Or Hourly Until We Get Good At It … Art Isn’t About The Rush Of Victory That Comes From Being Picked. Nor Does It Involve Compliance. Art In The Post-industrial Age Is A Lifelong Habit, A Stepwise Process That Incrementally Allows Us To Create More Art.

And Yet The Real Success Goes To Those Who Obsess. The Focus That Leads You Through The Dip To The Other Side Is Rewarded By A Marketplace In Search Of The Best In The World. A Woodpecker Can Tap Twenty Times On A Thousand Trees And Get Nowhere, But Stay Busy. Or He Can Tap Twenty-thousand Times On One Tree And Get Dinner.

Organize Your Reality According To Your Strength; Organize Your Reality According To Your Playfulness; According To Your Dreams; According To Your Joy; According To Your Hopes - And Then You Can Help Those Who Organize Their Reality According To Their Fears.