"Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough."

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Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him, vigilant always in the interests of its master to crush any half-formed desire to break away from the herd.

— W. Somerset Maugham