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Quotes 2

These are two quotes that I encounter every now and then. I think they are worth remembering.

"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse

To really be creative you have to follow your own route, do what you are interested in, and not do what others think you should do. You should do things the way you prefer to do them, not how everyone does them. And you should try out new things when they inspire you. All this takes courage.

"Every artist was first an amateur." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

No one has ever fallen from the sky being a full-blown professional, not even the most genius artists. They also had to learn their trade, gather experience and practise. And they also created bad stuff along with the great stuff. They also had doubts about what they were doing. So you are in good company 'just being an amateur'.

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