Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfieldis an American author, of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
passion two discipline
In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline. Dionysian; Apollonian. Passion;reason.
hero artist support
Making a judgment, taking a stand and then acting against an injustice or acting to support excellence is the stuff of the everyman hero. If you are an aspiring artist and you wish to avoid “judgments,” you'll find that you have nothing to say.
buckets crabs leap
The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket.
angel opposites resistance
As resistance works to keep us from becoming who we were born to be, equal and opposite powers are counterpoised against it. These are our allies and angels.
journey artist redefining
On the artist's journey we are redefining and reconfiguring ourselves and our lives.
resistance lines finish-line
Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
uncharted-waters bears scared
The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He's petrified.
writing symphony tomorrow
I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.
oil soul important
Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North--meaning that calling or action it most wants to stop us from doing. We can use this. We can use it as a compass. We can navigate by Resistance, letting it guide us to that calling or action that we must follow before all others. Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.
good-things ready happens
Start before you’re ready. Good things happen when we start before we’re ready.
humble humility warrior
That’s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some of them, conduct themselves flamboyantly in public. But alone with the work they are chaste and humble. They know they are not the source of the creations they bring into being. They only facilitate. They carry. They are the willing and skilled instruments of the gods and goddesses they serve.
ideas iron insight
When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.
struggle thinking resistance
We're wrong if we think we're the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance.
adversity battle faces
Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.