Sunday is a great day to reflect on your motivations as an artist. Are you determined to succeed? What does success mean to you anyway? Here are some thoughts from a great leader and a great artist:

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

…….Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the ‘impossible’, to gain my end.

…….Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

Many thanks to The Painter’s Keys for these quotes.

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