“In fact there's generally no good reason why others *should* care about most of any one artist's work. The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars. One of the basic and difficult lessons every artist must learn is that even the failed pieces are essential...The point is that you learn how to make your work *by making your work,* and a great many of the pieces you make along the way will never stand out *as finished art.*”