Leading painters

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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