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If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good.

THORNTON WILDER

How could an artist using a different medium work in the same way? Can a photographer flow in the same way?

I want to meet this guy!

Dustin was the artist that made me realize how much we think about how to do what we are supposed to do to fit in - because he goes his own way completely! So cool.

#the why #artist

Artists sacrifice approval from others for approval of themselves

Most art is created alone in a dark room. It’s thankless work. It’s like doing spec work constantly with the hope that, one day, it will pay off. If creatives needed approval from others to begin, they would never start (and some brilliant creatives never do start, sadly). Instead, artists know that it’s a necessity to approve of themselves, to believe in their work and, as equally important, to believe in the process. Creatives know that chasing approval will always prolong the work from ever leaving their minds, so they simply learn to give themselves the permission they may desire from others.

One of many thoughtful quotes from the Medium post from Jamie Varon

#why #thewhy #praise #impostor syndrome #art #create

#Eddie izzard #the why #creating

Isabel Allende have the way of looking at life that I want to have right now AND when I am her age. It is a wonderful speech, watch it to the very end for the great Antonio Banderas sex fantasy! :)

#living #mindfullness #content #why #the why

Be someone who dares to dance with the freaks

SOA

Write things that make people think. Inspire people. Change lives. Create value. Blow people away with your usefulness.

Write Epic Shit

#inspire #why #the why #passion

Working for your life.

The sheer willingness to hand over so much of a 24 hour day, almost all the waking hours of your life, to your profession, and to pour your existence down the compassionless siphon of professional development, is a remarkable thing. Japanese lawyers identify themselves almost wholly through their occupation; their professional and personal pride is the same.

from Japans 105-hour work week

In Japan, the white-collar workers could spend almost every waken minute on their jobs. 4 to five hours of sleep is not unusual.

What if you would actually love the work you are doing also, not just do it?

#why #the why #passion #japan

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-7zAkwAOYg)

Robert Waldinger is the forth director of the longest experiment on happiness through out history. Since the beginning of the 20th century, this project have followed 600 men, to find out what makes you happy.

80% of the participants claimed that one of their largest life goals was to get rich. 50% said that one of the biggest goals was to become famous.

It turned out though, that being rich and/pr famous didn’t make you happy. What you need is good, meaningful relationships.

#the why #why #passion #goals

#zaging #passion #scott dinsmore

There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?

Warren Buffet

#quote #passion #mission

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