Hugh MacLeod Quotes

#1. Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it.

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#2. If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed.

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#3. Your idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world.

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

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#5. Boring' can be a lot of fun. Especially if it's on your own terms.

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#6. He stuff you learn beforehand will never be one-tenth as useful as the stuff you learn the hard way, on the job.

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#7. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

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#8. If your business plan depends on suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain.

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#9. I work extremely hard doing what I love, mainly to ensure that I don't have to work extremely hard doing what I hate.

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#10. When your dreams becoming reality, they're no longer your dreams.

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#11. If you're looking at a blank piece of paper and nothing comes to you, then go do something else. Writer's block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you should feel the need to say something.

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#12. The best Evil Plan offers something much more for people
a chance to buy into an idea that matters, and share it with people who matter to them.

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#13. Have a story. And make sure it's a good one. A DAMN good one.

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#14. THE SEX & CASH THEORY - The creative person basically has two kinds of jobs: One is the sexy, creative kind. Second is the kind that pays the bills. Sometimes the task in hand covers both bases, but not often. This tense duality will always play center stage. It will never be transcended.

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#15. Writer's block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you should feel the need to say something. Why? If you have something to say, then say it. If not, enjoy the silence while it lasts. The noise will return soon enough.

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#16. GOOD IDEAS ALTER THE BALANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS. THAT IS WHY GOOD IDEAS ARE ALWAYS INITIALLY RESISTED.

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

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#18. The hunger will give you everything and it will take from you, everything. It will cost you your life, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. But knowing this, of course, is what ultimately sets you free.

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#19. The sovereignty you have over your work will inspire far more people than the actual content ever will.

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

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#21. You have to find your own shtick. A Picasso always looks like Picasso painted it. Hemingway always sounds like Hemingway. A Beethoven symphony always sounds like a Beethoven symphony. Part of being a master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.

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#22. You do not own the molecules. They are stardust. They belong to God. What you do own is your soul. Nobody can take that away from you.

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#23. If you're creative, if you can think independently, if you can articulate passion, if you can override the fear of being wrong, then your company needs you more than it ever did. And now your company can no longer afford to pretend that isn't the case. So dust off your horn and start tooting.

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

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#25. They're only crayons. You didn't fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?

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#26. Remain humble. Stay positive. Create your own luck. Be nice. Be polite.

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