The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
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Sherlock on Modesty
"My dear Watson," said he, "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers."
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Hugh on Intellectual Aptitude and Temperance
Aptitude is a certain faculty naturally rooted in the mind and empowered from within. It arises from nature, is improved by use, is blunted by excessive work, and is sharpened by temperate practice. As someone has very nicely said: "Please! Spare yourself for my sake—there’s only drudgery in those papers! Go run in the open air!"
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“Ochre”
Original Poetry from Geoffrey Ayers
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Wendell Berry on Work
The name of our proper connection to the earth is 'good work,' for good work involves much giving of honor. It honors the source of its materials; it honors the place where it is done; it honors the art by which it is done; it honors the thing that it makes and the user of the made thing.
