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“Follow the instructions. If you’re building a portfolio to send to some sort of adjudicated event — a school or contest, for example — then be certain that you’ve followed every instruction to the letter. When you’re a judge sitting in front of a stack of 200 portfolios, your first pass will not be to find great work, it will be to find any reason to eliminate someone.”
― Ben Long, The Practicing Photographer: Essays on Developing Your Photographic Practice

“SHE WAS KNOWN AS SCARLETT. At that time she was selling arms, although it was beginning to lose its savor. She never stuck at one job for very long. Three, four hundred years at the outside. You didn’t want to get in a rut.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Maybe you’re not right for this part but they’ll remember you later for something else. You never know. Just think, Hey, I get to meet this person.”
― Molly Shannon, Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

“If you have an idea you’re excited about and you don’t bring it to life, it’s not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another maker. This isn’t because the other artist stole your idea, but because the idea’s time has come.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being