“Flat fields produce mediocre grapes, but rolling hills produce the greatest grapes. Why? Because the vines must struggle for survival.” StruggleFieldsProduceSurvivalHillsFlatsRollingMediocreGrapesVinesStruggle For SurvivalRolling Hills Author:Billy Cannon
“Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art.” ArtRoomsProduceHungMediocre Author:Patti Smith
“The producer beating a new path for himself through the wilderness is going to do the thing 'differently,' of course. But after a while, he looks about him. The territory is unfamiliar, the forest ahead forbidding. Just how 'different' dare he be? He looks at his resources, and then at the established successes of the past. He suddenly realizes he must play safe, be sure. The unknown is a gamble; the known isn't-at least comparatively. The safest plan, obviously, is to follow the trailblazers. So he produces an imitation of one of the current successes. Usually it is a mediocre imitation.” LooksDifferentPlayPastCoursesRealizingKnownPathPlansProduceSafeResourcesCurrentsDareForestsProducersWildernessTerritoryImitationMediocreGambleUnfamiliarNew PathsTrailblazersPlay Safe Author:Irving Thalberg