20.9 x 29.7 This is one of my all-time favourite quotes, which all calligraphers everywhere should take to heart. We, as artists, are always super-self-critical about our work. If someone, somewhere, thinks what we are doing is rubbish there is going to be someone, somewhere else, who thinks its wonderful. You can't please all of the people all of the time. The most important person to please is YOU! When you have just completed a piece of work you should put it away out of sight and forget about it. Several months later, when you have forgotten all about it, it turns up amongst your stuff, you will be able to evaluate it dispassionately. Sometimes you will think, "What a duff piece of work" and chuck it. Other times you will think, "This is quite nice - did I do that?" Go with your gut feeling.
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