Catmull, E. & Wallace, A. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration. New York: Random House, 2013. Print.

Malcolm, J. “Nobody’s Looking At You: Eileen Fisher and the art of understatement.” The New Yorker. September 23, 2013. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/23/nobodys-looking-at-you Accessed June 12, 2018.

But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends.” - Anton Ego

Solomon, R. C., Ethics and Excellence, New York, Oxford University Press, 1994 (new edition)

It reads:

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.