Leading painters
top-notch painters paint what they think is good. A second-rate painter paints what the public thinks is good. The third-rate painter paints what he thinks "the world thinks is good. explanation
Third-rate painters paint what they think "the public will think is good," but in reality it is not.
self-serving assumption
If you can actually draw "what the public thinks is good", you are promoted to second class.
But first-class is not an extension of this. As long as it is measured by the world's evaluation, it stops at second class.
A common misconception: "If you paint what you think is good, you're top-notch."
You've got your logic backwards.
Paint only what you think is good and often die unappreciated.
I'm trying to find the source of this because I remember seeing it in something, but I haven't found it.
Pointing out that it is Fernando Pessoa.
A first-rate poet says what he actually feels, a second-rate poet says what he thinks he feels, and a third-rate poet says what he thinks he must feel
Quite similar.
I guess I read someone else's modification/explanation of this as the original story, and that further denatured it for me.
Third-rate consultants speak by example
Second-rate consultants speak with data.
Leading consultants speak with their hearts.
Discontinuous growth is not an extension of fact.
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