If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience, and we're all going to be back in the breadline.
David MametRead
If you practice for ten years, you may begin to please yourself, after 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience, after 30 years you may please even your guru, but you must practice for many more years before you finally become a true artist-then you may please even God.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Mastery in art requires extensive practice and dedication over many years.
This quote emphasizes the journey of becoming an artist, which is marked by stages of improvement and increasing levels of proficiency. From pleasing oneself to pleasing others, including a higher spiritual entity, the path to true artistry is long and requires relentless commitment and effort.
Themes
PracticeArtistryDedicationMasteryCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about following your passion in the arts.
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