Losers on the 23rd might console themselves with this, an extract from Paul Arden’s excellent little book, It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be.
Nearly everybody likes to win awards.
Awards create glamour and glamour creates income.
But beware.
Awards are judged in committee by consensus of what is known.
In other words, what is in fashion.
But originality can’t be fashionable, because it hasn’t yet had the approval of the committee.
Do not try to follow fashion.
Be true to your subject and you will be far more likely to create something that is timeless.
That’s were the true art lies.
“Awards are merely badges of mediocrity” - Charles Ives
Or am I kidding myself thinking the Golden Spiders have anything to do with art?
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[…] achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers.” — Marty Neumeier. Posted on 30 October, 2007 at 7:02 […]