“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” - Mary Oliver
I have come to believe that my genius spends a lot of time waiting around for me—waiting to see if I’m truly serious about this line of work.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
The things I did because I was excited, and wanted to see them exist in reality have never let me down, and I've never regretted the time I spent on any of them.
jamesclear.com • "Make Good Art" by Neil Gaiman
Inspiration is perishable and life goes by fast. Inaction is a particularly insidious type of risk.