Work.

Manuel, The Flood of the Seine, 1924

Bringing incredible creative projects to life demands much hard work down in the trenches of day-to-day idea execution. Genius truly is "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." But we cannot forget the flip side of that 99% — it's impossible to solve every problem by sheer force of will.

We must also make time for play, relaxation, and exploration, the essential ingredients of the creative insights that help us evolve existing ideas and set new projects in motion.

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