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Expectation. That is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud you his entire life. If you can create an air of anticipation and feed it properly, you will succeed.
Conversely, if you gain a reputation for being too good, too skilled … beware. The better art will be in their heads, and if you give them an ounce less than they imagined, suddenly you have failed. Suddenly you are useless. A man will find a single coin in the mud and talk about it for days, but when his inheritance comes and is accounted one percent less than he expected, then he will declare himself cheated.
- Wit
He ain’t wrong here. So often in life we find that you can do a 1000 good things. But you will be remembered for that 1 bad thing you did, no matter how big or small.
Kinda defeats the purpose of being a “perfectionist” in anything. Unless you are doing it for the passion of it. Then the opinions of others don’t matter, it’s personal satisfaction that is at the heart of your efforts.