"I've heard people say that it takes 10,000 hours to master your style or your line or something, but I think it takes 10,000 hours to become boring and mediocre. The moment you master something is the moment you stop being creative."
–– Gareth Brookes, British artist
Source: Austin Kleon, Instagram Stories, January 2, 2025
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, 2025, p. 45.
"Great is better than terrible, and terrible is better than mediocre, because terrible at least gives life flavour."
–– Ray Dalio (b. 1949), American investor and manager
Source: Feel Free Vol. 3, p. 4.
via: Sketchbook 33, 2023, p. 75.
"We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs us of the chance to be extraordinary and leads us to the mediocre."
–– Uta Hagen (1919-2004), German-American actress and critic
via: Sketchbook 18, 2012, p. 15
