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The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
Steven Pressfield The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
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The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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