
“Doubt is my boon companion, the faithful St. Bernard ever at my side. Whether writing essays or just going about daily life, I am constantly second-guessing myself. My mind is filled with ‘yes, buts,’ ‘so whats?’ and other skeptical rejoinders. I am forever monitoring myself for traces of folly, insensitivity, arrogance, false humility, cruelty, stupidity, immaturity and, guess what, I keep finding examples.”
Phillip Lopate
more infosource: “The Essay, an Exercise in Doubt,” New York Times, February 16, 2013.
category: doubt, self-awareness, writing
medium: Op-Ed
“We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”
Henry James
more infosource: “The Middle Years,” in Scribner’s Magazine, May 1893, 609–620.
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category: art, creativity, doubt, passion, work
medium: fiction
via: William Powers for correcting the attribution

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