Re: what do artists get out of creating art
 

"My writing becomes witty on the fifth draft."

--- I don't know who said it.

Re: what do artists get out of creating art
 

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The world is full of dabblers and daydreamers. I wouldn't go so far as to call them artists, and don't think that's any slight. Artists complete; dabblers and daydreamers need merely start.

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i like this. it's sort of a play on the idea that the hardest part of writing isn't the writing, but the re-writing (and the re-writing, and the re-writing, etc). there's a really great quote to that effect, but i can't remember what it is, exactly

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writing is easy. all u have to do is stare at a blank page until beads of blood form on your forehead.