Don't Wait For Someone Else

The Working Artist Will Not Tolerate Trouble In Her Life Because She Knows Trouble Prevents Her From Doing Her Work. The Working Artist Banishes From Her World All Sources Of Trouble. She Harnesses The Urge For Trouble And Transforms It In Her Work.

We Must Do Our Work For Its Own Sake, Not For Fortune Or Attention Or Applause.

The Professional Has Learned That Success, Like Happiness, Comes As A By-product Of Work. The Professional Concentrates On The Work And Allows Rewards To Come Or Not Come, Whatever They Like.

The Professional Dedicates Himself To Mastering Technique Not Because He Believes Technique Is A Substitute For Inspiration But Because He Wants To Be In Possession Of The Full Arsenal Of Skills When Inspiration Does Come. The Professional Is Sly. He Knows That By Toiling Beside The Front Door Of Technique, He Leaves Room For Genius To Enter By The Back.

A Cavalryman's Horse Should Be Smarter Than He Is. But The Horse Must Never Be Alowed To Know This.