Quotes: Ben Hogan

"Every day you don't practice you're one day further from being good." 

–– Ben Hogan (1912-1997), American professional golfer 

Source: Twyla Tharp. The Creative Habit, p. 32. 

via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2020, p. 38. 

Quotes: Henri Matisse

"Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out." 

–– Henri Matisse (1869-1954), French visual artist 

via: Sketchbook 33, 2023, p. 74.

Quotes: unknown

"Good, better, best, never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better, best." –– unknown* 

*a British expression used during World War II 

Source: Dame Zandra Rhodes "My mum taught dressmaking in London during the war and used to say this. Elle Decoration UK March 2018, p. 41. 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 129. 

Quotes: Sydney Harris

"The good person loves people and uses things, while the bad person loves things and uses people." 

–– Sydney Harris (b. 1917-1986), American writer

via Sketchbook A, 2015, p. 20.