Steps cannot be skipped.

Late London believes the producer arc follows three stages: (1) mastering the basics (2) making volume (3) identifying quality. Whether you agree on the form or not is irrelevant. The insight is the substance underneath: your experience is unlike anyone else’s and you are subject to the same rules as everyone else.

The most direct route to the next phase of your development is to accurately assess and accept your current stage and dedicate your attention to your most immediate challenges.

Productivity culture pressures people to squeeze out every last drop. And artists divert their attention to the search for shortcuts.

The belief is: the most efficient process produces the best art.

The truth: an efficient process for mass production works because the goal is to make each piece indistinguishable from the next. In that context, uniformity is quality. In art, it is failure.

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