Hugh MacLeod:-
Inspirational Hugh MacLeod quotes
“If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.” ―
“Remain humble. Stay positive. Create your own luck. Be nice. Be polite.”―
“When your dreams becoming reality, they’re no longer your dreams.”―
“I work extremely hard doing what I love, mainly to ensure that I don’t have to work extremely hard doing what I hate.” ―
“Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it.” ―
“Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle.” ―
“..The stuff you learn beforehand will never be one-tenth as useful as the stuff you learn the hard way, on the job.” ―
“Have a story. And make sure it’s a good one. A DAMN good one.”―
Meaningful Hugh MacLeod quotes
“Nobody can tell you if what you’re doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is. ”―
“Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the ‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling you, ‘I’d like my crayons back, please.” ―
“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.”―
“They’re only crayons. You didn’t fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?” ―
cc About change
“Writer’s block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you should feel the need to say something. Why? If you have something to say, then say it. If not, enjoy the silence while it lasts. The noise will return soon enough.” ―
“The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.” ―
“Boring’ can be a lot of fun. Especially if it’s on your own terms.” ―
“If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed.” ―
Amazing Hugh MacLeod quotes
“Your idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world.” ―
“Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kidergarten. Then wen you hit puberty they take te crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on agebra, history, ect. Being suddenly hit years later with the ‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling you, ‘I’d like my crayons back, please.” ―
“The hunger will give you everything and it will take from you, everything. It will cost you your life, and there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it. But knowing this, of course, is what ultimately sets you free.”―
