Hugh MacLeod

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“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Nobody can tell you if what you’re doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is. ”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle.”

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“Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kidergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take te crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on agebra, history, ect. Being suddenly hit years later with the 'creative bug' is just a wee voice telling you, 'I'd like my crayons back, please.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“When your dreams becoming reality, they're no longer your dreams.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Remain humble. Stay positive. Create your own luck. Be nice. Be polite.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“There's no correlation between creativity and equipment ownership. None. Zilch. Nada. Actually, as the artist gets more into his thing, and as he gets more successful, his number of tools tends to go down. He knows what works for him. Expending mental energy on stuff wastes time.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted. Good ideas come with a heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it's primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it's a primal calling.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“It's about what YOU are going to do with the short time you have left on this earth.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“The best way to get approval is not to need it.”

― Hugh MacLeod

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“Publishers are just middlemen. That's all. If artists could remember that more often, they'd save themselves a lot of aggravation.”

― Hugh MacLeod