The carrot of being an artist is when someone you admire says they dig your work.

Let other artists do the work for you! The more you know what other artists have been up to, the easier it is to skip past all the bits which they have already resolved.

Being lazy is also a form of labor.

Whatever it is you find yourself doing while procrastinating from the thing you are supposed to be doing is often the thing you should be doing.

Ambition is like alcohol — a-little everyday is helpful (otherwise you wouldn't answer emails, or hit deadlines), a-lot every once in a while can work wonders, and too much all the time will ruin everything.