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The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable.

The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable.
– Steven Pressfield

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  3. How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an artist by setting out to make a work of art. – Francis A Schaeffer
  4. You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there. – Maria Callas
  5. He’s turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he’s miserable and depressed. – David Frost
  6. Some of the most miserable people I have ever met have been people who are very popular with the public, but down inside are empty and miserable. – Billy Graham
  7. I suppose that’s what happens when you make other people’s lives miserable: life gets miserable back at you. – Sonya Hartnett
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  9. If you’re are paralyzed with fear it’s a good sign. It shows you what you have to do. – Steven Pressfield
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  11. Start before you’re ready. – Steven Pressfield
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  14. Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it. – Steven Pressfield
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  17. Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart. – Steven Pressfield
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  22. The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it. – Steven Pressfield
  23. It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. – Steven Pressfield
  24. Artist must have an all-or-nothing attitide. Otherwise they will bite his head off and there will be no artist. – Kata Mlek
  25. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes Life meaningful. ~ – Joshua J Marine
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  28. Penny was a very pretty, witty and brave girl, as bold as a Marine platoon storming Iwo Jima. – John C Wright
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  35. When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens. – Madeleine LEngle
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