Do what you can't - Tommy Dixon

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“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.”

“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” ― Vincent Van Gogh The Painter in His Workshop (Adriaen van Ostade, 1663) I don’t believe in needing experience before doing something. For the longest time, I thought I had to understand something in order to do it. But when I realized I can just do things, when I decided to stop waiting for permission or instruction or advice, and simply began fumbling my way through the things I had always wanted to do, was a moment of maturity. The more I did, the less tired I felt. The more hard things I attempted, even if I…

Do what you can't - Tommy Dixon

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