"And, sorry, all those romantic notions you have of absinthe spoons, manic episodes and Kerouac-like rambling on a long roll of butcher paper really aren’t operative. Creative work is mostly showing up every day and enduring a million tiny failures as you feel your way to something a bit new."

Chuck Close - Inspiration is for Amateurs
(via gtmcknight)

oh god, yes. thank you, Chuck Close, for putting it into just the right words.