“It is only by going through a volume of work that... your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I've ever met. It's gonna take awhile. It's normal to take awhile. You've just gotta fight your way through.” WayFightingFiguresMetsNormalAmbitionVolumeGood Taste Author:Ira Glass
“Nobody tells people who are beginners - and I really wish somebody had told this to me - that all of us who do creative work... get into it because we have good taste.” PeopleWishCreativeTasteGood TasteBeginnersCreative Work Author:Ira Glass
“It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.” AmbitionGapsVolumeGood Taste Author:Ira Glass
“What nobody tells people who are beginners… is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not… your taste is why your work disappoints you… We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this… It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingYearsFirstsStuffCreativeSpecialCoupleTasteAmbitionBe GoodGapsVolumeDisappointGood TasteBeginnersCreative WorkSpecial Things Author:Ira Glass
“I would just like say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work, they went through a phase of years where they had really good taste and they could tell what they were making wasn’t as good as they wanted it to be.” KnowsYearsHeartDoeWantedInterestingCreativeMy HeartTastePhasesGood TasteCreative Work Author:Ira Glass
