"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others."
~ Picasso
"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others." ~ Picasso
When you compete to be the best, you imitate. When you compete to be unique, you innovate.
David Perell • Peter Thiel’s Religion
“Suckcess” is what poet Jean Cocteau was referring to when he said, “There is a kind of success worse than failure.”
Austin Kleon • Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
The only sensible way to improve your writing is by echoing the work of other writers. Good artists copy and great artists steal quotes from Picasso.
Maggie Appleton • The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays
“If you never copy best practices, you’ll have to repeat all the mistakes yourself.
If you only copy best practices, you’ll always be one step behind the leaders.”
If you only copy best practices, you’ll always be one step behind the leaders.”
