#13: Great Ideas
Here’s a little secret: artists toil and sweat over hundreds of bad ideas in the hopes of coming up with just one good one. It’s like panning for gold, but instead of sifting through dirt and rocks, you’re sifting through the detritus of your own imagination. It takes patience, perseverance, and a healthy dose of insanity to keep going.
But hey, that’s the price you pay for creating something truly great. It’s like Michelangelo said, “If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.” So next time you see a masterpiece, just remember the hundreds of bad ideas that came before it. And be glad you’re not the one responsible for sorting through them all.