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He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death. ↗

— Irving Stone

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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised ↗

— James Thurber

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You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject. ↗

— Henri Matisse

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Curiosity is the main energy... ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

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Literature is painting, architecture, and music. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

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...how absurd human beings are and how magnificent. ↗

— Benjamin Zander

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Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done. ↗

— Austin Kleon

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Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told. ↗

— Robert McKee

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... all too often, a successful new business model becomes the business model for companies not creative enough to invent their own. [2002] p.46 ↗

— Gary Hamel

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If your business plan depends on suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain. ↗

— Hugh MacLeod

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