Cameron Woodward

No one said art was easy.

I’m coming to believe that artists are some of the bravest people on earth. The process of creation lives outside of compliance; it’s the decision to produce something that never existed beforehand. 

Van Gogh lived underappreciated during his lifetime, yet he produced more than 2,000 artworks despite never receiving public affirmation. Only after his death were his paintings embraced and celebrated –

Could you imagine? 

2,000 artworks that relatively no one cared about, maybe that’s not so bad if painting was just a pet hobby; but what if it’s your life passion? 

That’s a hard pill to swallow. Seems like 2,000 painful failures. 

Who knew that later 7 of the 36 most valuable paintings in the world would be his? 

Van Gogh’s bravery to paint in spite of failure is inspiring; would you be willing to do anything 2,000 times only to be rejected again and again? 

Maybe in the end, it was Van Gogh’s unfaltering persistence to create that paved the way for his future success. 

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