“The First Time Is Always The Best Try.”

“First thoughts are not always the best.”

“At the first time, I do my best to try againagainst the inevitable tragedy.In the second time, I become disgustedtowards the inevitable tragedy.The third time, disgust is overwhelmed into painfulness.But by the seventh time, this all becomes a farce comedy.”

“It is always much better to try your best and fail, than not trying at all.”

“Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.”

“Forget perfect on the first try. In the face of frustration, your best tool is a few deep breaths, and remembering that you can do anything once you've practed two hundred times.”