Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep. A few years back I said to myself "F**k it, Do it anyway", and went out and bought a red sports car. True story :-) - - Phong On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:12:54 -0500 Carl Pultz <cpultz@earthlink.net> wrote: > Peter Klein wrote: > > 'Brahms didn't write a symphony until middle > age. He constantly felt > inadequate compared to Beethoven. He told a > friend, "You don't know what > it is like to be dogged by that giant."' > > Consider the example of Janacek, who's unique > voice didn't develop until he > was in his fifties. Had he given himself up as > hopelessly derivative, he'd > have never had his breakthrough. > > "Do it anyway." > > There's a good policy for dealing with mid-life > crisis. Better than a red > sports car. > > Carl > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html