Riley
@wrylywriting
Riley
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of... See more
Ira Glass
It’s impossible to imitate another artist’s point of view. We can only swim in the same waters. So feel free to copy the works that inspire you on the road to finding your own voice. It’s a time-tested tradition.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
Miles Johnstonx.com
Ocean Vuong, from “Woodworking at the End of the World”, Time Is a Mother