“It’s often been said that an artist ought to work for himself, for the ‘love of art,’ and that he ought to have contempt for success. Untrue! An artist needs success.”
—Pablo Picasso
I had a loose idea to make a newsletter post about defining success. I wasn’t sure about it though.
I sat down and picked up The Creative Act, once again. And wouldn’t you know, the next area of thought staring me in the face: success.
And then, last night, I saw Van Neistat’s latest video:
So,
What is success to you?
‘to you’ is the key here.
I’m not interested in the actual definition of success. It’s something we all have to define for ourselves. It’s very dependent on our own careers and our stage of life.
How you define success also has a lot to do with your own beliefs about what your end goal in life is.
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