A cartoonist is someone who has to draw the same thing day after day without repeating himself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Schulz defines the challenge of cartooning as maintaining daily output without losing creativity or originality.
- In plain terms
- A cartoonist must draw every day without making the same thing twice.
- What can you take from it?
- Consistency requires continuous innovation to avoid repetition.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you stay fresh daily?
- What stops you from repeating yourself?
Another view
Some repetition is inevitable in any daily creative task.
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