
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
Thomas Jefferson
Look at a masterpiece of art and you will see that it is brilliant hard work. Behind every canvas, there are dozens of sketches. An artist is looking for texture, composition, color, light ... Thanks to radiography, we know for sure that many works of genius have been repainted more than once.
Inspiration, talent ... is always a craft and painstaking work.
Mistakes, repetitions, doubts are normal. In creativity, in business, and in human life in general. It's just a natural part of the process. You should not blame yourself when you fail, but it is important to be prepared for another try.
Vincent van Gogh, «Wheatfield with Crows», 1890 (fragment)