Admit that your own private Mount Everest exists. That is half the battle.
—Hugh Macleod
The best way to get approval is not to need it.
—Hugh Macleod
Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.
—Hugh Macleod
Part of being a Master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.
—Hugh Macleod
The old ways are dead. And you need people around you who concur./ That means hanging out more with the creative people, the freaks, the real visionaries, than you're already doing. Thinking more about what their needs are, and responding accordingly. Avoid the dullards; avoid the folk who play it safe. They can't help you any more. Their stability model no longer offers that much stability. They are extinct, they are extinction.
—Hugh Macleod