Art consists in going the full length. If you start with the drums you have to end with dynamite, or TNT.

Henry Miller
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It’s important to go all the way with your art. If you start with something that is easy and then work up to the harder and more challenging stuff, the work will never be as good as it could have been. And, if you do what is easy, the only thing you might achieve is mediocre.

Source: Tropic Of Cancer

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