Greatness

Love this definition of art, from Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance:

Art is anything you can do well, anything you can do with quality, anything where there are options for doing it well or poorly. And there are very few things in this world that don't have options for doing it well or poorly. So you can make an art

• “The techniques that we use, they’re not a big secret. It’s just about making an effort and repeating the same thing every day.”


• Jiro repeats the same routine every day


• He even gets on the train from the same position


• He dislikes holidays and thinks they’re too long


• He wants to get back to work


• This routine is unthinkable for normal people